Turning Down Throttle EPA

[DaveG28]

My nephew wants to try a bit of rc bashing, but all I've got is race stuff, so was thinking of turning the throttle EPA well down on my 501 and letting him go for it. Will that cause overheating/extra resistance on brushless or any other issues, or is modern stuff all good for that?

[shanks]

My nephew wants to try a bit of rc bashing, but all I've got is race stuff, so was thinking of turning the throttle EPA well down on my 501 and letting him go for it. Will that cause overheating/extra resistance on brushless or any other issues, or is modern stuff all good for that?


Good question....wondered myself whether expedential is worth using on the throttle.....partly to do the same as a slipper would..

anyone with more electrical knowledge than us know the answer?

[jono83]

i have it done for my little brother with no problems

[niggs98]

i do it for emma with her racing. as she is only using stock motors at the mo it isnt making a difference. i know ads on here used a 4.0 in his pred and turned the end point down and didnt have temprature issues. so on that basis it shouldnt be an issue. best bet is to try it and bring it in after a few laps to double check the temps.

[Alfonzo]

I use this technique from time to time, it really smooths the power delivery out on my sensorless brushless setup, it makes it easier to control the power at the expense of top speed and acceleration - but TBH, it is often quicker around the track for us 'average skills' guys. Don't know if it does any harm, I didn't notice any problems whatsoever over 6 minute races.

[Bungleaio]

I took my end point down to 85% when at worksop and I didn't notice any problems with over heating etc.

[nitrokillah]

DaveG28 :
if you turn down the EPA it will reduce top speed but not change the power of the motor. thus it will still heat up . but probably not as much . ...

shanks :
As far as exponetial gose .
I use some on my throttle . Just to make it smoother.
It's just a matter of preference really .
But it's not the same as the a sliper .
you should concider the sliper as a way to protect your trasmission ;
if it's to tight you will ither strip you spur / diffs or even break a cvds /drive shaft.
on the other hand ; if the sliper is to loose you won't get any power to the grownd .
as far as over heating gose... as long as you don't over do it on the exponential , you should be fine.

[shanks]

Slippers are there to protect sure

They also prevent you loosing the asse end