Motors Motor Was Hot?

[D.O.G.]

Thursday morning, if you watched the video, I took my 550 out for the first time. She flew marvelous but I did notice the motor was hot after the first battery. She flew hotter then my Xnova motor that I have in my X3L. I'm not sure if the motor suppose to run the hot or my settings are not correct. My timing is @ 18 degrees. The battery and the esc wasn't hot at all...warm. Any ideas to cool her down or that's the way this heli fly's.

 

[Tony]

You can try lowering the timing which should lower the heat. Another thing to look at is if you are using a governor on it. Some gov settings can cause some heat build up. Kind of like putting too much "D" (PID) on a quad motor.

 

[D.O.G.]

Hey there Tony. Thanks for the response . Yes, I'm running the gov. store on the hobbywing 120a. I will try lowering the timing. I think default is 15 degrees...don't bank on it.

 

[Admiral]

On my Xnova the timing depends on the ESC your running, Castle 8-10, YGE 18, HW 18 or higher, Go Figure.

Xnova motors XTS-ESC settings |

 

[D.O.G.]

Yes, my X3l has the xnova motor. The XLPower motor doesn't have the timing setting but it does have the same # as Xnova motor so once again I assume 18 degrees will work too. The Xnova motor 1200Kv and the Xl motor is 1100Kv. So I will go lower the timing and see.