brushless motor?

[misterbiggshot]

HI EVERYONE! what is a good brushless motor and esc for a blade cp.i already have a 3c 1320 lipo.thanks in advance david

[bluemooone]

The castle creations ones are Very Nice ! Be shure you dont get a car one tho!! cm 2042 and a Phoenix-25 you will be happy! :D http://www.castlecreations.com/products.html

[misterbiggshot]

thanks i will take a look at those!

[Skiddz]

E-Flite Park 370 3600Kv w/8T pinion and a CC Thunderbird 18. A Phoenix 10 will work as well but I've found the T-birds are a few bucks cheaper around here.

The 4100kv motor can be used as well, but you'll need a 7T pinion for that one.

[JesusFreak]

I just got the CDX300 Motor from Helidirect, and it looks pretty nice. Mini version of the JGF 450 I use in my TREX.

I'm going to use a CC25 controller, and a 8 or 9T Pinion.

Cheers!
Lee

[Skiddz]

FYI: The CP does NOT have any thrust bearings in the blade grips. Headspeeds above 2100 *could* cause the grips to bind due to the centrifugal loads on 'em.

My HS is +/- 2050 with an 8T pinion on a 3600kv motor..

[bluemooone]

Not if u get the full metal head ,hehehbwahaahah*Twitch*

[JesusFreak]

The CDX300 Motor is 3800KVM, so it should be in the same ball park as the E-Flite 370 3600. The Helidirect motor and CC25 speed control are quite a bit lighter then the E-Flight components they recommend. The Blade should be kept as light as possible, IMHO, or you may as well move up a size.

Cheers!
Lee

[Funky]

I am using the E-flite 370 4100 and E-Flite 20 amp speed controller. Power is great...... a little too great :D I can't get my stock tail to keep up. I am using a JR remote so I can turn down my throttle curve down to a maximum of 90 (0,50,80,90,90). When I turn it down like this the tail holds ok, but the high power climb outs are gone. Overall it flies quite well like this. It flies pretty much like it did with the stock motor but without bogging out at full pitch and a slightly faster climb rate. I am looking into a few tail solutions now. I would love to fly this at 100% throttle, the extra power is great if it didn't pirroette the whole way up :arggg:

[bluemooone]

Could someone explain the ratings of motor's? Im in the dark here. Thanks

[Funky]

The easy answer is the higher the KV rating for a motor, the more rpms the motor will turn for a given voltage. Ex... a 3600 kv motor running on 11.1 volt lipo can turn the rotor at 1700 rpm and a 4100 kv motor running the same voltage would turn the rotor at 1900 rpm with the same setup/settings (I am making these rotor rpm numbers up... but the principal for how KV ratings work should be correct)

[misterbiggshot]

thanks for the help everyone.only been flying a short while,and i didnt want to start with a bigger (more expensive) heli.i am going to use this one for a while and do upgrades as i go,so when i get a bigger one (450) the step up wont be too much.thanks again!david