Selecting the Proper RC Motor

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Summary: Select the proper RC car motors by learning about turn numbers and how they relate to how RC cars; learn more tips on RC car motors in this free hobby video on remote control car racing.

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Robbie has been Racing RC cars for 7 years. He has also owned and operated his store and RC track for 4 years. He is the head operator of all the races and there is a complete schedule...read more

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"Robbie for expert village, we'll take a little time to talk about selecting the proper motor for your RC. Determine which car that you've got, 18th scale uses a very small motor. Most of the ten scale which are were most of them come in are typically going to be what's called a 5-50 or a 5-40 style can or in this case this huge monster truck brush-less motor. Motors are pretty can get kind of complicated but in general it's pretty basic. There's a number that comes next to all of the motors and it's an a turn. So your motors are going to run typically going to run from a six turn up to about a 27 turn motor. And all you really have to know about that is the higher the number the actual slower the motor is going to be it provides more tarp. But its not going to have the rpm so a say a 27 turn or what's considered to be a stock motor versus a six turn motor. The six turn is going to be considerably drastically faster then a 27 turn. You'll also have to make sure that you match, in a brush system, that you match it with the appropriate electronic speed control or brain. Here's one that I got out of the box there rated to run with specific turns of motors so the more money that you spend on it the lower turn motors. We got a lot of people that will buy a ready to run car that's rated that has a relatively inexpensive electronic speed control in it that will handle say a 17 turn motor, well they want their car to go faster they'll try to put a 12 turn in it and it will generate to much heat and burn up the electronic speed control. So always have to make sure that you don't go below the rating the EFC's rating for each motor. The guess work is taking out of that with the brush-less motors cause they typically are joined. You'll see this one has the electronic speed control and the motor together so typically they are a maxed system. In that case you just have to buy whichever one. The lower turn of course the faster these will go as while."

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