/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>Drone with hundreds of flights
>On the workbench lubricating motors right now
>Test and flight time immediately lowered by 1min

WTF???

I thought oiling would reduce noise and friction.

They're coreless brushed motors and I used ball bearing oil from the bike.

While the motors were dirty with dust, gravel and hairs entangled around the rotor they flew perfect... now that they're clean it's worse than before.

Don't understand... maybe I used too much oil and it's causing too much viscosity drag in the tight space between the rotor and the casing.

Anyone had something similar happening in toys with electric motors?

Should I wait? Should I keep using it till effect wears off? Need to put this stuff back to normal.

>Drone with hundreds of flights
>On the workbench lubricating motors right now
>Test and flight time immediately lowered by 1min

WTF???

I thought oiling would reduce noise and friction.

They're coreless brushed motors and I used ball bearing oil from the bike.

While the motors were dirty with dust, gravel and hairs entangled around the rotor they flew perfect... now that they're clean it's worse than before.

Don't understand... maybe I used too much oil and it's causing too much viscosity drag in the tight space between the rotor and the casing.

Anyone had something similar happening in toys with electric motors?

Should I wait? Should I use it to wear off the effect? Should I do something?