Dual motor setup - wiring question?

[M3Man03]

When you have a dual motor setup in a boat (cat in my situation) and you're running 2 ESC's with 2 same sized Lipo packs, should you wire them together, or 1 pack to each ESC?

So, to try an ASCII art illustrate:

[ESC] [LIPO]
\ /
X
/ \
[ESC] [LIPO]

or

[ESC] -- [LIPO]

[ESC] -- [LIPO]

??

[champion221elite]

Keep them as two completely independent units. One battery powers one ESC which powers one motor. In this case, I would also be using a Rx pack instead of using a built in BEC.

[Fluid]

Either way works fine, just keep the wiring as short as practical. And check your racing sanctioning body to be sure you're legal.


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[Chilli]

If you are racing or running trials in the IMPBA the battery source must be wired together in a multi motor set up. Don't ask me why. I'm only the messenger. If you are running NAMBA or for fun, I'd keep it simple.