The way brushless motors work (non sensor) is the back EMF voltage that the motor produces that is used by the esc for timing, there are no manufacture specs on how much more shorter you are to cut than how they already come from the factory. Personally I keep them factory length to not affect the timing. There is a reason why they are a length they are, but have not done any testing (never had to) to see if doing so would affect the timing between the ESC and the motor. Hopefully it works out and the timing is not effected.
You are confused a bit here. The length of the wires coming out of the can makes no difference (they all do need to be the same length), the ESC has no idea how long they are. All that matters to the ESC is the total length between the ESC and the motor windings wraped around the stator. This length is made up of the motor wires, and the wires which are part of the ESC. There is no minimum length, in fact the shorter the better since the inductance is less, but up to 5" or so is usually acceptable.
An example is the Castle 1515 car motor. The wires on the motor from the factory are about 4" long to make fitting in a car easier, but they can be shortened without a problem. I cut the wires on my CC1515 to 1.5" and put the motor in my 6S SAW catamaran. I used it to run near 90 mph and set several records with it with over 40 passes. Believe me, there was no problem with the timing or performance with the short wires when spinning 39,000 rpm - and I have the record plaques to confirm that!
If what you said had merit, then all BL motors would have the same length of wires coming out of the can. Clearly they do not, the Castle motors being an extreme example compared to the Leopards. Again, the ESC has no idea how long the motor wires which are soldered to the connector are, nor does it know how long the ESC wires which are soldered to the connector are. All it cares about is the total length between the motor windings and the ESC board....and the shorter the better.
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You are confused a bit here. The length of the wires coming out of the can makes no difference (they all do need to be the same length), the ESC has no idea how long they are. All that matters to the ESC is the total length between the ESC and the motor windings wraped around the stator. This length is made up of the motor wires, and the wires which are part of the ESC. There is no minimum length, in fact the shorter the better since the inductance is less, but up to 5" or so is usually acceptable.
An example is the Castle 1515 car motor. The wires on the motor from the factory are about 4" long to make fitting in a car easier, but they can be shortened without a problem. I cut the wires on my CC1515 to 1.5" and put the motor in my 6S SAW catamaran. I used it to run near 90 mph and set several records with it with over 40 passes. Believe me, there was no problem with the timing or performance with the short wires when spinning 39,000 rpm - and I have the record plaques to confirm that!
If what you said had merit, then all BL motors would have the same length of wires coming out of the can. Clearly they do not, the Castle motors being an extreme example compared to the Leopards. Again, the ESC has no idea how long the motor wires which are soldered to the connector are, nor does it know how long the ESC wires which are soldered to the connector are. All it cares about is the total length between the motor windings and the ESC board....and the shorter the better.
If the difference is relatively little, it won't matter. Think about it - BL motors do NOT have the same wire length on each pole. Normal manufacturing tolerances prevent that from happening. Back in the bad old days we paid lots extra to get hand-wound arms that DID have the same wire on each.
If you're only talking about a couple inches total difference, it won't matter. If you're talking about tens of inches, it could.
I've seen threads with more nonsense concentrated in one thread, but not many. It's up there..
Agreed it does have some good & correct info hidden between the humor.
The wire is really very short, the best way is replace the coil. You could return it to below address.
Leopard Power Model Co., Ltd.
Room No. 616, 6th floor, Global building,
Huanan road, China South City, Pinghu,
Longgang, shenzhen, CN
Tel.:+86-755-89885312
Att:Angela.
Please you tell me motor item no., I'll work out the coil cost for you.
Best Regards,
Angela
Leopard Power Model Co.,LTD
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This stuff has some silver in it, but more importantly the flux that it comes with is an acid based flux. Between the heat and the acid it may clean off the lacquer on the wires.
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