Hobbywing Motor Timing
01-05-2010 | 10:38 AM
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Hobbywing Motor Timing
What does advancing the timing do for these motors? There's settings in the programming card to start at 0-degrees and go up from there.
Does going up in timing increase RPM at the expense of torque for a given motor?
Does going up in timing increase RPM at the expense of torque for a given motor?
01-05-2010 | 03:09 PM
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The way timing affects your Rc can be tricky.
The idea is that a low timing setting will give you the power at lower RPMs, and high timing will give you power at high RPMs. On some setups a high setting will make the bottom end acceleration feel soft and more driveable, while giving more top end power, all at the expense of heat. Then lower settings will give serious low speed grunt while higher RPMs will be weaker. Often, a motor will have so much torque that the higher timing setting will not feel any different at lower RPMs, but it will still increase the high RPM power.
The idea is that a low timing setting will give you the power at lower RPMs, and high timing will give you power at high RPMs. On some setups a high setting will make the bottom end acceleration feel soft and more driveable, while giving more top end power, all at the expense of heat. Then lower settings will give serious low speed grunt while higher RPMs will be weaker. Often, a motor will have so much torque that the higher timing setting will not feel any different at lower RPMs, but it will still increase the high RPM power.
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