how to test brushless motors?

[charlie2]

how can you test if a brushless motor works without conecting it to a speedo?.was easy with brushed but not sure with the brushless:confused:.thanks

[dale]

You can't without spending any money.

There are various motor checkers available such as this:

http://www.rcmart.com/extreme-bmc01-brushless-motor-checker-p-33353.html?cPath=1560_1311

Which will do the job.

[SlowOne]

AS Dale says, you can'y make the motor run without a speedo. As well as a sophisticated tester Dale links above, you can get one of these...

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Manufacturer/Core_RC/CR162.html

...which will tell you that the sensors are working correctly. Unless you want to know the actual performance of the motor using a checker, the sensor tester tells you all you really need to know - that the sensors are working correctly and won't damage your speedo. HTH :)

[dale]

AS Dale says, you can'y make the motor run without a speedo. As well as a sophisticated tester Dale links above, you can get one of these...

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Manufacturer/Core_RC/CR162.html

...which will tell you that the sensors are working correctly. Unless you want to know the actual performance of the motor using a checker, the sensor tester tells you all you really need to know - that the sensors are working correctly and won't damage your speedo. HTH :)

Yes a useful little gadget, saw one of these at the club last week, think I'll pick one up as sensor lead/board issues are usually the issue with brushless motors.

Although it won't tell you that the motor has been in my touring car at 140deg and the coils have vaporised :lol: