How hot should my 1100 gaui motor get?

[Zoobie]

Just set my heli up and was doing some short hovering, 3 or 4 minutes, and the motor gets pretty hot. I am using a 13T pinion, to reduce power consumption. I am used to my jgf 500th on my 450 which runs really cool?

Thanks.

[Phoinix]

I'm sure this is almost every weeks question...

search function anyone?


Yes, it gets HOT, very HOT

[extra3d]

Just set my heli up and was doing some short hovering, 3 or 4 minutes, and the motor gets pretty hot. I am using a 13T pinion, to reduce power consumption. I am used to my jgf 500th on my 450 which runs really cool?

Thanks.

Hey, try the 61 gear on the top use a 16t pinion and the 20t upgrade oneway bearing that would take the load off the motor!!

[Zoobie]

Sorry, I thought it was a unique problem with my heli.

[Phoinix]

If you like your motor running cool try Z-power Z20 series, or Z30 if you later want to fly 3D.

[istandalone]

ease up on him dude, we were all there at one point. yup it should get pretty hot, but not hot enough to fry an egg on.

[Zoobie]

So basically I can fly the "hot" 1100 gaui motor without any issues?

Thanks.

[Phoinix]

Yes. It served me just fine for 10 hrs of flight time, and i'm sure it would for a long time. I switched to cool runners - Z-power only becouse of more power available.

[mjdee14]

So basically I can fly the "hot" 1100 gaui motor without any issues?

Thanks.

I have the stock motor and it also gets hot...

how long can you fly it really depends on hot it really gets...you can melt wiring insulation, and/or ruin the magnets, do make sure you have cut some cooling holes in the canopy...you should see some lines where they recommend the holes.

but after all that is said, the Gaui motors really seem to run much hotter as a normal practice and with as many as are out there, if they were dying, we would hear about it pretty quickly.

So, fly away....and enjoy.

[Phoinix]

If we go into motor, or should we say material fatigue... If you motor runs hot it's in a stable state. It reaches it's working temperature in 5 minutes and it stays there for the time of the flight. More damage is done with cycles of heating up, cooling, heating up, cooling. Material expands and contracts, glue and mechanical parts are no exception.

[Zoobie]

Thanks a lot guys. I have cut some cooling holes on the top (the marked ones), but I am thinking of adding some to the side as well. I have also ordered a 50T front gear to replace the 42T, that should slow things a bit and hopefully get the motor to run cooler. I dont need all the headspeed at this stage as I can only perform some flips, stat. rolls and messy loops.