Hello everyone,
I have been working on this board for about a year now. I have been browsing around this forum for a few months and decided that I would put together an ongoing build log. I have just burned out my fourth Propdrive 500kv motor. This and the battery are the only things that haven’t been upgraded during the duration. Here are the parts that I have settled upon:
$60 Hobbyking X-Car Beast 150a esc
$50 (sale) Multirotor 4s 16 ah battery
$20 Propdrive 500kv motor (Big mistake)
$25 97mm Flywheel clones (Ebay)
Chain drive 8/35
Traxxas TQi remote (Had it spare in my shop)
Homemade 23x9 inch deck
I am in need of some recommendations for a new motor and a 6s lipo battery. I am willing to spend up to about $110 for a new battery and motor combined. Any suggestions?
If I were you, I’d would dump the chain and go for a 12—32 or 12—36 belt pulley drive with a 63 ,74 motor if single drive at about 190 kv and run it on at least an 8s battery with a vesc.
What is the problem with chain drive? I started out using 9mm wide belts (Yes, I know I need to do something wider) and they just kept snapping. I have since had zero problems with the chain drive. It has been quiet reliable and inexpensive, less than converting to wider belts. I am planning on doing a $1100 eMTB build with dual 6355 motors some time this summer so I don’t have the money to go all out on this as well. Just looking for something to do the job in and around school.
Depends what you are trying to achieve … torque or top speed … always a trade off… but in ur case go for torque to reduce the chance of burning motors like marshmallows at a campfire