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Old 05-16-2010, 09:31 PM
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Besercoe
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Originally Posted by NOFX
That just seems odd to me, i thought 40 degrees was 40 degrees, no matter where ur from, also seems a bit dangerous, unless companies are using correct timing degrees, how will you know if you've gone too far, ive heard of some hobbywing settings add so much timing on top of the motor timing that halfway down the straight the motor gets sent into reverse and the car fires backwards down the straight, im not sure what amount of timing advance would cause that, my theory is 120 deg is the point because they are 3 phase motors, but without accurate numbers from all the manufacturers in their variable settings, it makes trial and error a potentially expensive proposition, again this isnt a dig, ive heard of cars being sent backwards down the straight, and im suprised all the systems dont seem to show the timing. its not like its an arbritrary scale, like braking strength percentage etc
The full throttle reverse thing was only a Team Wave issues as far as i have seen.
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