better, bigger motors

[crashmaniac]

Hi Guys,

apart from fitting a V8,

what motors do you recommend to swap out the original motors to give better power to lift other something & better than a GoPro ?

is it worth it or even possible ?


cheers,

 

[crashmaniac]

come on Guys,

surely someone out there has ideas of which motors to up grade a P1 with, eh ?

some thing that will fit roughly in the same position, just more powerful !

 

[Woody]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... s&_sacat=0

Kind of expensive, but I think that's what you're looking for.

 

[mb_guy]

Think you will want to be careful doing this. I believe the ESC's are 18A in the phantom. Those motors are 17+A , don't want to fry the ESC

 

[OI Photography]

Think you will want to be careful doing this. I believe the ESC's are 18A in the phantom. Those motors are 17+A , don't want to fry the ESC

You do want to be careful about that factor when changing motors, but those T-motor's work fine in the Phantom and definitely don't draw anywhere near 17A in mine.

 

[crashmaniac]

Think you will want to be careful doing this. I believe the ESC's are 18A in the phantom. Those motors are 17+A , don't want to fry the ESC

You do want to be careful about that factor when changing motors, but those T-motor's work fine in the Phantom and definitely don't draw anywhere near 17A in mine.

great, how have you found the T motors ? which ones do you use ?

do they lift more & run longer or are they the same ?

cheers

 

[OI Photography]

I have the white anti-grav set marketed for the Phantom, and while they haven't really given me any problems they also haven't really given any noticeable difference in flight time or lifting capability.

 

[ElGuano]

Think you will want to be careful doing this. I believe the ESC's are 18A in the phantom. Those motors are 17+A , don't want to fry the ESC

I'm drawing a bit of a blank, but I recall the Phantom ESCs are 15A max...and you don't want to get close to that because they're not cooled in the airflow...

 

[OI Photography]

The P1 ESC's were advertised as being rated for 18A, but I agree I wouldn't want to push it anywhere near that with the (lack of) cooling they have. I got them hot enough once to melt the insulation on two of the power wires to the motor when I was a little overzealous with pushing the weight envelope in my early days

 

[Thesmokeshow]

I am using the dji 450 escs and motors and 9inch props on my Phantom. Runs perfect.

I also cut a big arse hole in the front of it to fit a bigger battery. Getting about 15mins flying