As a general rule of thumb, pouch style RC lipo cells really need to be babied more than cylindrical li-ion cells. You wonāt instantly kill them by going all the way down to 3v/cell, but you will hurt their (already somewhat limited) cycle life. Iād recommend staying above 3.5-3.6v with lipos, and above maybe 3.2v on cylindrical cells.
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Has anyone tried velcroing everything to the deck including the enclosure? thinking of going lazy on my next build and basically turning the underside into a velcro carpet 
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i did that but velcro is not strong enough by itself it is useful for keeping cables down though and holding the vesc in place
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Hey guys,
I am trying to set up a VESC for the first time using the VESC-tool. However I am having issues updating the firmware. When i plug the vesc in i get a prompt telling me to update the firmware. When I go to update it the update starts and after 10 secounds i get a promt saying āErase timed outā. I canāt seem to figure out whats wrong. I have a maytech v4.12
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anyone know hobbyking mount centre to centre distance?
Newest Vesc tool? I had the same issues, and went back to the safety of 0.83 immediately.
You can find it or newer versions here:
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wondering how much range i can expect from a 12s5p 30q with 6x2 aliexpress wheels
i need 30miles around and have a cutoff at 34v
do you think i can make it on a relatively new pack
if you were to do 15Wh/km you could get 43km ish of range. probably more if you have flat roads and donāt weight much (less than 62kg)
to acheive 30miles you would need 13wh/km average on the calc.
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weigh less and currently doing 26wh to the mile with half flat wheels
what do you think if i pump them up and ride cleverly
whatās that in Wh/km lol?
i donāt know how to make the conversionā¦ well i think i do lol hang on
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so you currently do 41wh/km?? youāll not have a chance if my caluculation is right
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no do 16wh per km
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oh lmao i multiplied 
yeah you should be able to do that
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I get 12-17Wh/km and reach 20-27km with a 12s1p lipo. Cutoff at 42/40v. And i weigh double as much.
10s4p 30q gets me around 20ish km. (although i ride fairly agressively)
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Awesome iāll try that! Thanks
so you think i should be good its around 50km
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Probably. Pump your tires up more, donāt race the cars and you are proooobably fine.
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It works now! Thank you so much:D
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what are the pros/cons of 2 x single escās over a dual? been looking at the neobox dual or 2 neobox v6ās, price suggests just 2 v6ās, but maybe im missing the benefits of a dual systemā¦
fair question and everyone has their own opinion and here is mine, iām ignoring cost as that can fluctuate.
2x single
Pros: if an issue arises in one you are able to pivot to single motor temporarily.
Cons: potential for single point of failure, sometimes a larger footprint than dual
1x dual
Pro: smaller foot print, some have integrated components like anti-spark
Con: potential for single point of failure.
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