Sorry if the question seems foolish, I was just wondering.

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Weird...if you look at that image of all the Le Mans motor specs, several of them are smaller 540-sized cans that can handle even up to 9.6V, such as the 240S, 480S, 240SB and even the fastest one in the group, the 240WS. Heck, even the 600E, a 30T motor, can handle up to 9.6V. So why is the 480 Gold so relatively weak? Or is it even? I wonder if it's just a mistake or an oversight...Mad Racer wrote:The reason why they say the 360 series can handle 8.4v is beacuse it's a bigger motor. It is a 550 seize can. This produces more torque. They rev less too. So with 8.v the motor would do more RPM but not too much. A 540 will rev a lot more and most likly fail. ( Throw a wind off ) Remember back than the motors weren't as good as todays or should i say the last of brushed motors. The Epoxy if any will melt ( Holds windings tight) brushes would glaze up, Balancing of arm will shift due to the movement of the winds.
Cans weren't designed to extract heat and etc.