Hi Guys. Just got a first test run on my new setup! I’m going to make a separate post about the build. For this build I chose to use the Flipsky 75200 VESC paired with the Flipsky 6384 waterproof motor and a 12s3p battery that can pull 135amps.
First run was a success I was able to get on foil (just barely) with my 1800cm foil. I followed the VESC guides suggested and tried to estimate my motor current max/absolute max and battery current max (see screenshots below). I thought these values are pretty solid given the 6384 motor? The power just felt so much less than my My Flycolor ESC with the 6384 motor build. Also when the propeller came out of the water it spun up waaaay to fast I think that would just be limiting motor RPM’s right?
Hoping I can get some help to get me more power for that initial push to get up on foil.
What motor are you using for those settings 300amps seems like a lot? I’ve got the 6384 and don’t want to overpower it. I’m not sure mine is cutting out but I will try to adjust settings and report back.
Also any thoughts on limiting rpms? Mine is a foil assist so when the prop comes out with no resistance it spins too fast
I updated my
Motor Current Max to 120amps
Absolute Maximum Current to 200amps
Battery Current Max to 130amps
Things went much better, no problem getting on foil on my 1800cm foil. I have 10 guage wire run to the motor like SteamRoller does.
Any idea why I need to go so much over the 88 amps which is supposedly max for the flipsky 6384? I’m still not at as much power as my Flycolor 160amp puts out so I’m thinking I might bump it up some more.
I still haven’t toggled the Slow ABS Current Limit to True as I get a warning message that says make sure you know what you’re doing so I decided to try the new settings leaving that set to false.
I think I did have the motor cut out on my when I put it at 100% power but only one time. The rest of the time it went fine.
So I was wondering about that. Might adjust more settings tomorrow
Steamroller did you try the updated setting for Slow ABS Current Limit set to true?
I bumped up the max motor amps and battery amps and I am going to test tomorrow just wanted to check your results.
I did not try out the new settings yet… instead I went to Hawaii for a week with my faux Drive… just got back the other couple days ago will try soon and leave results…
I tried it out but still don’t have power like my 160amp flycolor ESC. It has more power than it did but not substantial. Also when the battery is about 50% it loses a lot more power so I can hardly foil. I’ve been back riding my 160amp flycolor setup for the moment but hoping to figure it out. The flipsky is meant for e-foils so I thought it would really have a lot more power. I’m at 200amps to the motor and 300amps max I would think that would be more than enough? Let me know if you get better results.
I mounted the 6384 motor with foildrive 3 blade prop and flipsky 75 100 VESC controller to the bottom of a 8’ wavestorm board and tied a rope to the tail and connected the other end to a hand scale the kind used for weighing your luggage for an airplane trip…and hit the gas!..VESC is good for tuning and changing settings…its the only software ive used so incant compare to anything else
Dang I was hoping you had better luck that I did. I think we need to go back into the settings. My gut feeling is that we are missing a parameter somewhere which is limiting power to the motor. My VESC never even gets hot when I’m at full throttle so I know it’s not working very hard. If this VESC is capable of even half their rated output 150amps it should match the power of my Flycolor 160amp ESC (which it doesn’t).
We should compare how the motor is configured and things like how many poles are used. The 6384 motor has 14 poles, I have mine set to that but may want to check that.
What is your setup on this screen? I feel like if these settings are wrong it will limit motor power.
