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Re: Does motor temp affect performance?

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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan View Post
If you have the ability to do it, gear down your motors a wee bit. All of these high temp scenarios can lead to some ugly consequences in the heat of competition (pun intended). You really are playing with fire (also intended).
And the irony is, more often than not you will get better performance AND less heating with a properly-geared system.

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