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Re: electric starter from RC car motors.   Message List  
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Re: electric starter from RC car motors.

Cant believe im going to beat Nick on this one..

Brushless motors are rated in RPM per volt. If you find a 1k Watt motor.

For example this one is like the one Nick uses:

http://www.superfastrc.com/feigao-5408408xl-.html

its 2074 RPM per volt. on 12 volts it would near 1k watts at 80 amps.




Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:04 pm

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IHi all,          I've been looking for info on the RC buggy motors but I haven't had much luck. From what I've seen so far online, they don't often...
Michael Veach
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Jun 28, 2009
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electric starters need to be geared up to achieve starting speed for the compressor.  this results in the motor running for long periods of time at nearly...
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Hi Dan,          Actually, I did think of using a pneumatic motor, similar to the motor in an air die grinder. As I understand it, they're very...
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design it to use compressor bleed air to recharge the air tank and size the tank about twice as big as you think it should be ... From: Michael Veach...
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Cant believe im going to beat Nick on this one.. Brushless motors are rated in RPM per volt. If you find a 1k Watt motor. For example this one is like the one...
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http://www.castlecreations.com/products/mamba_monster.html and here is a 3000 watt 25 volt motor at 150 amps for $350. this motor plus $200 battery plus $150...
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