dazzi220 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Not knowing anything about them do eletric rc's have some kinda cooling system I imagine they get hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 thats actually a good question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Most cars dont. Some motors/speedos can be fitted with a heatsink much like the kind you find on the head of a nitro engine. A fairly modern feature now being seen is small electrical fans that run off of the battery socket on the reciever and cool either the motor or speedo. The chassis' on most electric cars are fairly open to the surrounding air anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liberal123 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 100% air cooled dude! the motors get hot sometimes and the cells can be known to get a bit warm, but otherwise they are fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300ZXZ31 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 The motors in boats are water cooled allot of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzi220 Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 (edited) jus asking cos I have a crappy electric Nikko thing and it gets hotish so I imagine the proper electric rc's generate some heat, fans sound cool! but won't the put a drain on yer batteries? giving you less running time? Edited June 1, 2005 by dazzi220 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I've not tried one personally, but have been told that they use next to now power from the cells. The fans are actualy brushless to , or atleast the ones i have seen are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzi220 Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 no point talking electric gargon with me (brushless) I have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 brushless = this means a motor that does not use a hard metal brush to send power to the motor, they also require no maintanence unlike brushed motors. the current drain from a 5v fan will be un noticeable on your run time you may find a little better tbh as the motor will be more better at running when cool.normaly they are laptop fan units that are installed they run a 3v-5v supply. cars do get hot most of the time its due to gearing the car too high for the motor that is installed but this is not a bad thig as the air flow around and under the car helps to cool the inside down TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liberal123 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 the cells and motors also have holes in the chassis under them (and in the cells case it sits on a ladder) so it is cooled by the air from under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzi220 Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 I'd like to get into electric but theres too much to know,seems too complicated. stick to nitro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 theres probably less to know that in nitro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectra Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I'd like to get into electric but theres too much to know,seems too complicated. stick to nitro ← Yes, Quite true.. it can be complicated... I mean all that knowledge about charge your batteries and stick them in your car.. Jeez how do we learn it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 You can actually get a wide range of cooling. Huge selection of heat sinks and fans, fans that attach on your motor endbell or over your ESC. Unlike Nikkos - proper hobby RCs are designed to avoid overheating and a very good at keeping cool, sometimes it might feel real hot, but that doesn't mean it will damage anything as alot of motors/ESCs can handle very high temperatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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