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Old March 21st, 2012, 23:44   #14
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Originally Posted by L473ncy View Post
7.4V LiFe? Sounds like a 2 cell Lipo to me. The nominal Voltage of a LiFePO4 cell is 3.3V, you can only get them in 3.3, 6.6, 9.9, 13.2V, etc.

This is irrelevant to the gear noise but what gauge wire are you using? Also what is the material of the wires? Ideal would be silver or copper but I assume companies tend to cheap out and end up using "substandard" wire materials (likely Alu). Lower resistance means less heat dissipation/power loss from natural "Vdrop" (general formula for Voltage is V=IR and Power is (V^2)/R).

Anyways, IRT the gears, are they helicals? By design they are supposed to run smoother and quieter. If you shim it right; theoretically the meshing and all that will be smooth and gradual and you should be able to get less noise than standard straight cut spur gears.

Yeah battery is moot point, I was just referring to this because I was told my set up should run Torque ups. I have no issue keeping my stock TM gears, just seeing if there are any quiet ones out there that would handle the lipo and spring.

Wiring is 16g industrial. Also got a ASCU unit in there.
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