DoNoHarm
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Idk... maybe it’s situational. In my experience though, if my motor gets hot, and I drop a few teeth on the pinion, it cools right down.I was thinking more that running WOT a lot is just pushing a lot of current/volts through the motor causing it to heat up more... so in that vein, higher rpm wouldn't really affect it regardless of gearing as even if you geared it taller, it would still pull the amps trying to get there.
I just know I read that if the esc is hot, gear down, if the motor is hot, gear up... but now that I think on it more, perhaps it's not the RPM's that's heating it up but rather the user using WOT because they want speed. With taller gearing, you get more speed so maybe it's suggested to gear up for a hot motor just for the side effect of the user letting off earlier due to hitting a jump or corner at whatever speed without having the motor fully spooled up. By letting off earlier, they are pulling less amps for less time.