TCS COOLING
Copyright 2006

Background Data

Heat in an electric R/C race motor is generated by current flowing in the com windings.

This heat is conducted through the bearings and brushes and the air inside into the end bell and can.

Because all of the major components in your motor are extremely conductive of heat, you can remove heat from any part of the motor and it will cool the whole motor. The motor is small, dense and thermally conductive.

We discovered this through our many tests and experiments on the bench and on the track using temperature sensors and telemetry to send and record data whilst the car was actually racing.

The motor mounting face provides an ideal and practical area for the cooling plate, providing great thermal contact to the motor and hence very effective cooling.

The graphs on the website were recorded by temperature sensors and sent to a lap top through on board telemetry.

The figures shown in the graph were recorded at the Barham track in the UK, using an Xray T2 and CheckPoint 8 double and the results are typical of what you can expect with a TCS fitted.