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Old 23-05-2012
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Originally Posted by sosidge View Post
KV is just the motors speed, what matters is POWER.

Most motors of a certain wind are fairly similar in power output, they may deliver it differently, but you compensate for that with gearing. I wouldn't buy a motor based on KV alone.

I have an 8.5 in my 2wd and it is more than fast enough for our medium-sized, bumpy club track.
I think you need to look at the kv rating for the top end and look at the turns for the bottom end and try and get a good mixture of both. I found at PDA when I got a 7.5 it was better than my 6.5 at doing the quads as it had much better initial torque.
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