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[cdl]

Originally Posted by brw0513

Thanks Chris for the reply. Are you the Whiplash designer?

Yep that's me, but I had lots of help and input from Bobby Watts, Carey Shurley, and others along the way.



Dyno curves would be a big help to get in the ball park, but in the end there'll still be plenty of trial and error in what works best for the heli. But if it wasn't for trial and error, there would be much stuff in the world

Please don't spin an uncontained clutch to thousands of rpms. That just sounds like a good way to get a clutch shoe in the face. The T700/lynx sounds like a good place to start. A wrap or two of electrical tape should get you a workable gap.

Cooling is probably your other big issue to deal with. All the speed and torque in the world doesn't matter if the motor starts welding itself to itself after a couple minutes.

-Chris

[brw0513]

Originally Posted by cdl

Yep that's me, but I had lots of help and input from Bobby Watts, Carey Shurley, and others along the way.

I'd like to come visit your office if ever I got to the US!

The electrical tape idea is a good one - it is explained very well in the Rave ENV manual.

For cooling duties I am going to try two Compass Odin 90 fans. In the Odin apllication with a nitro 90, one fans is apparently enough. I can barrow an infrared camera from work so should be able to get a good idea of cooling performance from the thermal images. I'll post some photos when I get to that stage.

Carey,

Pls feel free to move this thread if it is not what you want in your forum.