robert@castle
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If you are anywhere near the limit of your ESC or motor, I would not recommend anyone turn down the max power or turning down the radio. Partial throttle is significantly harder on the ESC than full throttle. It will show a lower amperage in the logs, but the current sensors in the ESC are taking an average current. The instantaneous current going through the motor are scaled by throttle percentage. So if you are at 80% throttle, the motor would be getting 20% more current in pulses than the log will report.I thought about that as well!!!! Today I actually opened up castle link and was going to retard it to 80%. I kept bouncing back and forth in my head as to whether or not using the esc as a limiter will be more burdensome on the esc than continuing to increase tooth count. I was going to call Castle today and see if I could speak with a tech to further inquire about that. ( that was my cop-out.....It's too damn cold to be outside "testing.")
I wonder if @robert@castle might be able to speak to the effect on the esc, if any, by using it as a rev limiter.
It can be a useful way to limit torque or top speed in lower power setups, but I would recommend playing around with punch control or torque limit to increase control while accelerating and use a smaller pinon to control top speed.