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YGE Governor or Spirit Governor, which is better?
Posted: Tue 10. Sep 2024 12:52:11
by Mardy
YGE recommends that their internal governor should be used and Spirit recommends that theirs be used. Who is correct?
Re: YGE Governor or Spirit Governor, which is better?
Posted: Tue 10. Sep 2024 15:04:49
by Habásek
Both are right
use the one that suits you better.
I use the governor from the Spirit unit, if you have integration (e.g. Jeti) it's easier to debug.
Re: YGE Governor or Spirit Governor, which is better?
Posted: Thu 12. Sep 2024 4:13:06
by curmudgeon
Even if you ultimately end up using the Spirit governor, you may want to consider letting the YGE governor determine the head speeds RPM the system can reasonably govern with the motor kv and gear ratio you are using. The head speed calculators get you in the ball park, but the YGE governor can tell you exactly what YOUR individual system can govern. Let the YGE ESC governor figure out what head speeds it yields at 80% and 85% throttle, and use that as the top head speed to enter into the Spirit governor software.
Re: YGE Governor or Spirit Governor, which is better?
Posted: Tue 15. Jul 2025 9:22:21
by TrueBuild
curmudgeon wrote:Even if you ultimately end up using the Spirit governor, you may want to consider letting the YGE governor determine the head speeds RPM the system can reasonably govern with the motor kv and gear ratio you are using. The head speed calculators get you in the ball park, but the YGE governor can tell you exactly what YOUR individual system can govern. Let the YGE ESC governor figure out what head speeds it yields at 80% and 85% throttle, and use that as the top head speed to enter into the Spirit governor software.
That makes sense to me.
Since the ESC has no idea what the helicopter is doing other than current draw.
Spirit Governor seems the logical choice.