Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-35070608-20181220123320/@comment-27306930-20181222055509

Thanks for the link to the motor chart Thiefy. I've seen it before, it's totally awesome. I love the hover feature. I just have one comment/suggestion.

I noticed that the Artifact 132 was listed at 74K RPM, which seemed a little high to me. Then I noticed it was on 3S. Then I noticed that several 2S motors were listed on 3S voltages.

As a former electrical engineer, here's my advice: if you're running a 2S motor on a 3S battery and you're smelling ozone, that's a bad thing. It means the commutator is sparking really bad. And that means the contacts and the brushes are getting absolutely trashed.

The Artifact 132s are 6 volt motors. Overvolting them at 2S, or 7.4 volts, seems to be okay. I can tell they're under a little stress because I can smell a trace of ozone. But at 3S, or 11.1 volts, running at 74,000 RPMs, they are not okay. The ozone is quite pungent. You can smell the heat coming off them. These are signs that something is very wrong.

So whatever battery type you choose for your Dominator, get appropriate matching motors. It might not be obvious today, but you'll thank me later.