Yes I can but as Edward stated it may be easier to get them from Asia somewhere.

Thanks Edward!

Also GForce is out of the checkers at the moment and wont have more for about 3 weeks. The new ones will be updated ones that will read higher timing in the motor.

EA

I almost ordered one a few days ago. Glad I waited. 😉

does anybody know if this is available in australia?

are the original ones updatable?

Ren from RAB Hobbies should be able to help you out (as I see you are in Melbourne) otherwise, try Michael from Speedy RC (located in Brisbane - but online only)

The original will NOT be updatable. There is an updated model that can measure past 50 degrees due in a few weeks (mid Oct).

The current model as stated by Eric can do:

1. measure motor timing up to 50 degrees
2. when using 21.5t and 17.5t motors plug into 12v PSU (do not use 12V at max power otherwise you may destroy rotors)
3. check hall sensor for faults
4. measure amp draw (up to 30amps), KV, RPM

It is a very compact and well priced piece of kit!:blush:

HTH,

Leonard. (I am not sponsored by GForce - just a happy user)

I also would like to know if you can hook it up to a laptop computer. would be nice to be able to save motor parameters via a computer file.

Any word on whether this has been updated or not? Also, how can we find out if it has?
Cheers.

I've ordered one of the new batch checkers from EA. I was able to check the timing on a Novak Boss 25.5 that read 53 degrees of timing. I was setting to 45 so I unintentionally was high. I will check for you tonight. and purposely set the timing ring past 50 degrees.

Yes the new ones I have now will check up to 70 degrees.
It will also show each sensor's timing and the average of the 3 poles timing.

EA

I have one I got from Eric ... Very nice machine .. I'm not sure on it handling 30 amp as someone stated as my 2 motors that pull 22 amps actually smoked the unit.. I opened the unit and repaired it and added a cooling fan.. After the fix no problems... Nice unit.. Albie

Tested a 21.5 motor and it ran up to 3300kv, voltage dropped from 8.3 to 7.8, and RPM was at 26,000 rpm. It doesn't seem right for a 21.5 motor. I don't think the unit is faulty, on another 21.5 motor 19,000 rpm was peak and that seemed normal. Also tested out various 17.5.

My question is how long is everyone running the motor unloaded for? I usually try to not exceed 5 seconds, is that ok?

There is a huge difference in a lot of the motors out there. The R1's will make drastic more RPM than other motors. Same for the Powers motors.

I would only free spin one until the RPM stabilized enough to read it. I wouldnt let it run that way for long as you run a risk of blowing the rotor up.

EA

Just checked out a new GForce analyzer at the house and it also seems they added the individual sensor readings for timing. So you can see what each sensor reads and then their average. So you can see if you have a board out of whack.

EA

Yep that's a very cool feature, this unit is worth every penny. I couldn't be more happier with this. Now I can set similar motors beforehand to match timing and calculate watts from the volts and amperage reading.

Is plus/minus 1 degree good to go on timing between the sensors?

Yes anything less than about 3 degrees is acceptable.

EA