Twin Electric Motor Setup?

[DeadSledz]

Hi everyone, new to this site, Im Aaron anyway. Now I am trying to set
up twin electric motors in the boat my brother and i are building,
heres the problem how do I set up the electrics, do I need two esc's,
one big one etc etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Aaron


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[Jim]

If you are running brushed motors, you can use one esc. If they are
brushless, you must use two esc's.

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> Hi everyone, new to this site, Im Aaron anyway. Now I am trying to set
> up twin electric motors in the boat my brother and i are building,
> heres the problem how do I set up the electrics, do I need two esc's,
> one big one etc etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Aaron
>
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[John Mianowski]

On Jun 13, 6:04 pm, DeadSledz <DeadSledz.3ay...@no-
mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> wrote:
> Hi everyone, new to this site, Im Aaron anyway. Now I am trying to set
> up twin electric motors in the boat my brother and i are building,
> heres the problem how do I set up the electrics, do I need two esc's,
> one big one etc etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Aaron
>
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1 ESC per motor gives you more flexibility, in that you can run them
at different speeds if you want, even 1 forward & the other in
reverse. Of course, that also eats 2 radio channels for propulsion,
instead of just 1. Balance the need/desire for flexibility against
the availability/cost/other use for that 2nd channel.

I run 2 motors off 1 ESC in all my ships, counter-rotating, with
"standard" brushed motors. Make sure that the total capacity (in
AMPS) of the ESC(s) exceeds the STALLED current draw of ALL motors by
at least a factor of 50%, or you'll fry the most expensive component.

JM