But it has been converted to LIPO and hs 2 The Turnigy 14000mAh 6S 12C Lipo batterys in it’s box.
Can anyone tell me the Vesc settings i need to run?! im terrified ill break the board.
any advice appreciated.
MOTOR:
6376 160kv Trampa
VESC 6 MkVI
GEARS: 9/63 30Degree helicat
Tires: 8 inch Alpha Primo
Spur Gear Drive
Okay here are the inputs I have for motor
Please correct anything that can be better. Really hoping to ride it tonight. Ty so so much
feel free to dm me. Just want to make sure it’s ok.
You should probably change the battery type dropdown. I can’t check right now, but I think there is one for lipo instead of other lithium ions. AFAIK, 3.0 V, which leaves a safe buffer on most 18650s and 21700s, is approaching the absolute limit on Lipos, and you’ll want to stop before it gets that low.
I also always set a battery regen and current max, but I don’t know how to estimate that well for those Lipos. Lipo labelled specs are pretty BS most of the time.
Thank you so much for taking a look! i appreciate the expertise even if this isnt your exact strength. I only got the board yesterday. I rode for a few minutes yesterday and realized something was off.
Swapping it to LIIRON 2.6-3.6
Its definitely parallel, and not in a series though, right?
I’ll chime in with what I’ve been doing for my 2X Lipo build.
I don’t think there’s Lipo specific option in that wizard dropdown - I actually didn’t know that about the Lipo cutoff difference vs other LiION cells, sounds like I should adjust that on my build, thankfully haven’t run down the cells all the way on a ride yet.
I believe that LIIRON you selected would actually be for LiFePO batteries and is moving both cutoffs down below what you would want.
I would think that the batteries are set up in series so that would be 12S 14000maH.
I’ve been basing my parameter calculations on the guide in this thread: VESC settings you should know about / (VESC for beginners)
That guide is written for other cells but I just apply it to Lipos as well.
On my Lipos which are rated 15C on the label I’ve gone with 10C discharge to be conservative - if you went with 10C here you’d be at 140 battery amps / 2 VESC = 70 battery current amps
And then for regen I do 1C so that would be 14 amps / 2 = 7 regen amps
I enter that stuff manually on the current page after the wizard though.
I should say I’m also a beginner and haven’t been running my Lipo setup for too long, but so far it’s been working pretty stable.
Oh man. Should i get the desktop app? or can i do everything through an ipad?
I like using the desktop application, but I haven’t had any problems doing the config on the Apple version of the app either if the bluetooth connection is solid. One of my bluetooth modules was initially flaky but replacing it fixed that problem.
