Thank you for the great information in this article and for the tremendous amount of data you compile on motors and ESCs. I listened to your interview with Joshua Bardwell and would have loved for it to have lasted two or three times as long, giving you more time to answer in depth.
I do have a question about the props you use for testing. HQ and DAL have so many variations now it's hard to know which you're actually using. With V1s, V2's, V1S, etc. as well as two different types of Cyclones. Do you have specific info on which you are using? For example you might list a HQ 5x4x3. Is there more than one HQ prop that fits the description?
Another thing you mentioned that really caught my attention was light vs heavy props. I had wrongly assumed that the pitch was the biggest factor in determining load with physical weight being the second. This is obviously not always the case. I had quit flying Cyclone 5045s on my RS2205S-2600kv motors because I was worried about overloading the motors and ESCs but then I heard you describe them as a lighter prop several times. Do you have any kind of ranking by load on 5" props? My main quad had an AUW of 590g with RS2205S-2600kv motors and I'm building a second that should be almost the same weight with Armattan OOmph 2205-2550kv motors--are Cyclones a safe bet with both of these? Both have 30A BLHeli_S ESCs.
Thanks again for the extensive knowledge that you freely share!
Jerry Russell:
Mar 29, 2017 at 04:58 AM
Thank you for the great information in this article and for the tremendous amount of data you compile on motors and ESCs. I listened to your interview with Joshua Bardwell and would have loved for it to have lasted two or three times as long, giving you more time to answer in depth.
I do have a question about the props you use for testing. HQ and DAL have so many variations now it's hard to know which you're actually using. With V1s, V2's, V1S, etc. as well as two different types of Cyclones. Do you have specific info on which you are using? For example you might list a HQ 5x4x3. Is there more than one HQ prop that fits the description?
Another thing you mentioned that really caught my attention was light vs heavy props. I had wrongly assumed that the pitch was the biggest factor in determining load with physical weight being the second. This is obviously not always the case. I had quit flying Cyclone 5045s on my RS2205S-2600kv motors because I was worried about overloading the motors and ESCs but then I heard you describe them as a lighter prop several times. Do you have any kind of ranking by load on 5" props? My main quad had an AUW of 590g with RS2205S-2600kv motors and I'm building a second that should be almost the same weight with Armattan OOmph 2205-2550kv motors--are Cyclones a safe bet with both of these? Both have 30A BLHeli_S ESCs.
Thanks again for the extensive knowledge that you freely share!
Jerry R