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[Pro Driver]

suicideneil, on 23 May 2012 - 02:37 PM, said:

You do not want to do that; voltage is not the issue, it is current draw you want to think about- so long as you don't exceed the rated voltage of the esc you are fine. With current draw, a car esc is designed to handle the constant accelerating and voltage spikes from braking- a boat esc is absolutely not suited to use in a car or truck, you'd need a 200-250amp boat esc so that it could handle the spikes safely ( they have much less head-room compared to car escs as they use differing components designed for different purposes ).

Stick with the XErun 150, ezrun 150amp or an MMM, do not mess with boat, plane or heli escs...

Got it, dont mess with boat esc's. So now I am back to looking at car esc's (again lol)

[nitroazza]

essentially, and simply.. No, its about motor current draw from the esc..

But obviously the esc does use some battery life, the tiniest bit.. Like esc's with fans and that..
Not forgetting the internal BEC to power reciever and servo's etc..

So not 100% of battery life is used by the motor...