I spoke of this in a posting 4/7/2020
https://stunthanger.com/smf/gettin-all-amp'ed-up!/shout-out-for-lucien-miller-president-ceo-innov8tive-designs-inc/msg579095/#msg579095Innov8tive Designs BadAss motors are drop-in replacements for the Cobra motors but are designed with superior magnetic materials and improved bearings. This should and did result in a significant and measurable improvement in efficiency.
I did some back to back testing in hopes of not hammering the battery as hard.
Test flights with same airplane, identical RPM, Lap time, run time, prop, battery, etc. and showed this result:
Cobra 2826/12 760 KVA 171 grams 15% Battery voltage post flight
BADASS 2826 690 KVA 180 grams 31% Battery voltage post flight
Inflight performance was the same near as I could detect.
• I did change the KVA setting in the ESC
• Motors have the same number of poles (14) and stator slots (12).
I'm looking forward to the longevity that Joe Daly experienced