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Feb 11, 2016, 10:31 PM
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A motor like Illusion has in his is a 380 size motor in a 540 size can. It shouldn't be overkill for the merv. You wouldn't have to worry about spending to accommodate a true 380 equivalent brushless motor either.
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Feb 11, 2016, 10:39 PM
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Well, if it doesn't list cell count then be wary of anything over 4000kv. A 4000kv motor on a 3 cell lipo has a theoretical RPM of around 50,000 max, which is about what "normal" quality bearings of that size can handle without issue.
anything up to 4000kv should be fine regardless of bearing quality.
Feb 12, 2016, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by dacaur
Well, if it doesn't list cell count then be wary of anything over 4000kv. A 4000kv motor on a 3 cell lipo has a theoretical RPM of around 50,000 max, which is about what "normal" quality bearings of that size can handle without issue.
anything up to 4000kv should be fine regardless of bearing quality.
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But if you choose one of the motors with the ribs like I was talking about I believe you'd want to look for one around 3000 or 3200kv. I tried running a 3700kv one of those motors on 3s and it wasn't happy lol


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