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Hello,

I'm Martin from the Netherlands. First i want to apologie for my bad english grammatical spelling.

I have a question about the setup used in this link: (or see the photo below)

It says that the drone runs on 20.000Mah and 24S PER MOTOR. In my opinion that can't be true because 32x 6S 5000Mah batteries are used, divided by 8 motors it is: 32/8 = 4 batteries per motor.
4 batteries in serie = 4 x 6S = 24S, 5000Mah stays the same.
4 batteries in parallel = 4 x 5000Mah = 20.000Mah, 6S stays the same.

So how can it possibly be 20.000mah and at the same time 24S?

Hope to hear from you guys!
 

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The 24s per motor is the max the motor draw if I'm understanding your question, at least that is my guess. Non of the motors are going to pull full amperage all the time.
 
The 24s per motor is the max the motor draw if I'm understanding your question, at least that is my guess. Non of the motors are going to pull full amperage all the time.
No I am talking about the batteries..

See the red box in the photo below:
It says 20.000mah AND 24S PER motor.

In my opinion that can’t be true because if you have 4 x 6s 5000mah batteries PER motor you can only get:
- 4 batteries in serie = 24S and 5000mah per motor

or:

- 4 batteries in parallel = 6S and 20.000mah per motor

or:

- 2x2 batteries in series = 12S and then in parallel = 10.000mah
Combined: 12S and 10.000mah


if you want to get 24S and 20.000mah per motor at the same time you have to put the 4 batteries in series and parallel at the same time. If you can accomplish that I think you would be millionair right now..
Am I right?
 

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4 Batteries per motor and each is 6cells is 24 CELLS. I'm guessin misprint not 24s.
Thanks for your answer! Oke that could be the true.. but that also won’t make sense because then you would have (in the case 20.000mah per motor):

20.000mah and 6S.
Am I right?!

but the motors are (according to the manufacturer) made for 12 to 16S. So the won’t do anything?!

I think the 20.000mah in the picture also is a misprint...

Then the correct answer would be:
10.000mah AND 12S per motor (= 2x2 batteries(6s 5000mah each) in series and then in parallel)

hope to hear from you guys so I can finish it off!
 
Thanks for your answer! Oke that could be the true.. but that also won’t make sense because then you would have (in the case 20.000mah per motor):

20.000mah and 6S.
Am I right?!

but the motors are (according to the manufacturer) made for 12 to 16S. So the won’t do anything?!

I think the 20.000mah in the picture also is a misprint...

Then the correct answer would be:
10.000mah AND 12S per motor (= 2x2 batteries(6s 5000mah each) in series and then in parallel)

hope to hear from you guys so I can finish it off!
Is it correct to say the 20,000 maH is the battery rating on total current draw capacity?
As the motor voltage goes up the current draw goes down for the given load.
The series connected batteries would increase voltage but amount of current draw would be reduced so the maH of the battery would still be a total of the 4 batteries.
I just thinking out loud here, but compare each battery to a 10 gallon barrel of water. If the barrels are joined in series with a pipe from one to the next and a valve on the last one , then you open the valve. You get 40 gallons out of the valve.
If the the barrels each have a pipe going to the valve and you open the valve, You get 40 gallons.
 
Is it correct to say the 20,000 maH is the battery rating on total current draw capacity?
As the motor voltage goes up the current draw goes down for the given load.
The series connected batteries would increase voltage but amount of current draw would be reduced so the maH of the battery would still be a total of the 4 batteries.
I just thinking out loud here, but compare each battery to a 10 gallon barrel of water. If the barrels are joined in series with a pipe from one to the next and a valve on the last one , then you open the valve. You get 40 gallons out of the valve.
If the the barrels each have a pipe going to the valve and you open the valve, You get 40 gallons.
That’s correct to say; 20,000 maH is the battery rating on total current draw.

i think we need to read it like that in stead of the total mah per motor (in case of 4x6s 5000mah LiPo batteries per motor...)

Thanks for the answers guys!
 

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