Lol my motors run hot AF right now. LIke 80C. should be enough seeing as ambient is maybe half that even here in socal summer
@Helno , heatpipes contain vapor right? so id I drill through them, they wont work correct?
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If your stators are overheating you probably should go to the next larger size of motor or go with an open motor rather than sealed.
Overheating a motor will wear it out just as much as dirt and dust.
Heatpipes contain a low boiling point liquid so yea leaks destroy them.
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Yes, I already have 6384 on order.
I am moving from 6374 open to 6384 sealed. I āneedā sealed because of dirt and dust on trails around here.
Something else to keep in mind is gearing and phase current. Heat in the stator increases with the square of stator current. So if you can sacrifice some top speed to have lower torque while accelerating you wont need a novel cooling solution.
This is why industrial motors are so massive. Huge casing with a large fan so you can have a totally enclosed motor that runs at full load for decades at high ambient temperatures.
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Ah but I want a novel cooling solution
And yes I understand lowering gearing is the easy solution. THe number of hoops Im jumping through to keep my 9" tires is getting to be a bit ridiculous
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I feel yah, Iām aiming to run my ā3kwā hub at 12kw lol
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My thermal dynamics class tells the same story but there are always micro details I forget so I just wait for real life data.
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swoon
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Pouring one out for shartsisā¦
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I just had a @Shart water-bottle flash back
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at one point from racing airplanes to racing sailboats they used to wax the surface to make it slip thru the mediumā¦ then through science a āshark-skinā surface was applied to create a āstickyā boundary layer of airā¦ air to air, or water to water is much slipperier that any other mediumā¦
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I recently learned about this when my neighbor was talking about swim team costs and mentioned it. Very interesting stuff I originally dismissed as marketing.
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Now only if that had a small pump inside and use oil for cooling the motor and a geardrive as a heatsink lol
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This is basically the idea I has except just build in a watercooling loop into the mounts.
@iamasalmon I got 8 bc they look cool.
The 4wd can get fairly warm, but at that point, Iām running in to heating up the lipos beyond what I prefer. I donāt think sinks have a use for 4wd+ Set ups.
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Arz,
whatcher guess on the weight of the 8-motor board?
I know you donāt give two-fukks, but iām curious like datā¦
Guys you have my attention
Weight approaching 60ish.
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