I made my own micro 21700 build because I torture myself by never using things other people have come up with. Plus now I have an SLA printed quadcopter!
Rewound eachine 1104's to 4 turns Wye gives about 11000kv. Enough to liftoff on 1S. Beecore F3, samsung 30T 21700 cell.
Frame |
microion 21700
Cults3d.com
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Motors |
4 x Eachine 1104 6000KV 1-3S Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing
(2 builds)
Eachine.com
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$31.96 |
FPV Transmitter |
TBS Unify Pro32 Nano 5G8 V1.1 500mW Video Transmitter
(400 builds)
Getfpv.com
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3D Printed |
microion 21700
Cults3d.com
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Super cool! How long do you think it took to wind a motor that size?
5 minutes, maybe 10. I had all four done and assembled within an hour. They're 12 pole motors so it's a simple ABCABCABC wind, vs the standard 14 pole motor that requires a dLRK wind to perform well. I did have to rewind them as I started with 8 turns terminated delta and it wasn't quite the kV I wanted, so I switched to 4 turns wye (2/sqrt(3) higher kV)
So i'm pretty uneducated here, I have noticed that retailers sell a motor in a few different kv's, but they all weigh the same. That has always confused me, as I was told that it was more, or less turns to change the kv. When you went up in kv, you did half the turns, did you use thicker wire? Also: do you think that the retailers are lying? Did you weigh yours by any chance (before and after...)?
You use a heavier gauge wire. The intent is to fill the stator as much as possible, so you have to pick a wire gauge that works well for the number of turns you want. Termination also changes kV, so if the two different kV's are separated by a factor of 1.7, then they're actually the same wind, just a different termination. They may weigh different by a minor amount, but ideally they would weigh the same as they have the same amount of copper on the stator
The weight difference would be fractions of grams - more weight could be trimmed off by offering 5mm shorter motor wires that connect to your esc than if you were to add 5 more winds on each stator pole for these tiny motors.