When is the Motor TOO hot??

[Yzard]

I'm running an XX-4WE: 3000NiMH, LRP ESC with a D4 9Turn Triple motor (17t Pinion)...the motor is fine for one battery pack - but when I run another pack right after the first I can hold my finger on the endbell (correct term?) for only 1-2 seconds...it's VERY hot.

Is this normal? If so - what's a safe time running for motors? How long before you might do real damage?

[tc3guy]

You should let your motor cool before you run it again and if its that hot then get some type of a heatsink because its bad for your motor.

[SteveP]

You shouldn't run packs back to back. It's a competition set-up and it's not meant to be run for 8 minutes without cooling down between packs. Let the motor cool to ambient temperature before running another pack.

[This message has been edited by SteveP (edited 01-12-2001).]