TEAM POWERS NEW PLUTONIUM MOTORS
05-12-2013, 02:02 PM
#76
I smoked a motor yesterday during practice (At Tamiya America) and a friend of mine allowed me to borrow his V1 Team Powers Plutonium. I geared the motor at 3.25, set it on the track for the first round of qualifying, and wow, it had some good rip!
I had the timing set at 2 on the can, but with more tuning, the motor could have been even better, which is hard to imagine.
Does anybody know where I can find these motors in the US?
I had the timing set at 2 on the can, but with more tuning, the motor could have been even better, which is hard to imagine.
Does anybody know where I can find these motors in the US?
05-12-2013, 02:05 PM
#78
05-12-2013, 02:12 PM
#80
05-12-2013, 05:02 PM
#81
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I smoked a motor yesterday during practice (At Tamiya America) and a friend of mine allowed me to borrow his V1 Team Powers Plutonium. I geared the motor at 3.25, set it on the track for the first round of qualifying, and wow, it had some good rip!
I had the timing set at 2 on the can, but with more tuning, the motor could have been even better, which is hard to imagine.
Does anybody know where I can find these motors in the US?
I had the timing set at 2 on the can, but with more tuning, the motor could have been even better, which is hard to imagine.
Does anybody know where I can find these motors in the US?
http://www.norcalhobbies.com/
Give Eric a call at 510-324-5700
05-12-2013, 08:00 PM
#82
NorCal Hobbies in Union City is the sole US importer of the Team Powers products.
http://www.norcalhobbies.com/
Give Eric a call at 510-324-5700
http://www.norcalhobbies.com/
Give Eric a call at 510-324-5700
05-22-2013, 05:29 PM
#84
Ok so I just picked up the 21.5 version of this motor. Anyone have any good gearing/timing points to start at? The current car it will be going into is a Old Tamiya TB-02. BUT I have the ability to run any ratio you can come up with down to say 3.06.
Thanks in advance,
Jason
Thanks in advance,
Jason
05-24-2013, 11:52 PM
#87
Iigq, thanks for that. I know that certain motors only like so much timing before out turns into waste heat. I have v1 motor that I haven't gone anything to yet. So if it does give performance rather than just waste heat at max timing. I can easily adjust my gearing to reach the target temp.
Jason
Jason
05-25-2013, 07:33 AM
#88
I don't just go up immediately to max timing, I first find a conservative gear ratio and check the speed. From there, I incrementally ramp up the timing until there are no additional gains. If the motor is still cool, I bump up the gear.
On the Team Powers 17.5 motor I ran, I only had the end bell timing at 2 and a huge gear because I smoked a different motor in a practice round just before racing. Luckily the motor was fast so I made no other changes as there was no practice in between rounds. If I had more time, I would have started at a 4.0 or 4.2 ratio and adjusted the timing and gear ratio instead of gearing down to 3.25 like I did.
On the Team Powers 17.5 motor I ran, I only had the end bell timing at 2 and a huge gear because I smoked a different motor in a practice round just before racing. Luckily the motor was fast so I made no other changes as there was no practice in between rounds. If I had more time, I would have started at a 4.0 or 4.2 ratio and adjusted the timing and gear ratio instead of gearing down to 3.25 like I did.