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2012 motors?

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25-08-2011, 15:50

lemiant

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Re: 2012 motors?

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Smaller motors , by nature, have issues dissipating heat. CIMS, due to their large size, can be run closer to stall because they can dissipate the associated heat.

I don't understand this. If power consumption is linearly related to volume then maximum heat production increases in a cubic curve, while maximum heat dissipation is quadratic, thus a larger motor actually has a harder time dissipating heat.
What makes larger motors better at dissipating heat?

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