Is there a way to make Electric Motors more powerful?

[PalowPower]

Since you can't TweakScale Electric Motors, i can't make them more powerful. They are pretty weak for the stuff I want to do. So, is there a way to make them more powerful?

[AtomicTech]

2 hours ago, PalowPower said:

Since you can't TweakScale Electric Motors, i can't make them more powerful. They are pretty weak for the stuff I want to do. So, is there a way to make them more powerful?

[steuben]

The other answer is to hac^h^h^h edit the part file to up the power. Though doing such is beyond my ken... for now bwahahaha <thunder and lightning effects> Dang I missed my effects guys.

Edited October 10, 2021 by steuben

[Curveball Anders]

10 hours ago, steuben said:

The other answer is to hac^h^h^h edit the part file to up the power. Though doing such is beyond my ken... for now bwahahaha <thunder and lightning effects> Dang I missed my effects guys.

A module manager patch would solve the issue without having to edit the actual file.

[PalowPower]

On 10/8/2021 at 6:32 PM, AtomicTech said:

Ah yes, exploits. I missen them...

[Jack White]

Sure, you can use mods, glitches and exploits. All goes if you want to have fun in game haha

[Rocket Witch]

Not technically more powerful, but I think there are actually designs for stock reduction gears, which could trade the motor's RPM for torque. If that seems relevant to your purposes, you may want to search or ask about this in the spacecraft exchange section.

[Axelord FTW]

You could also sidestep some issues depending exactly on what you're trying to do with them. Some details would be nice.

The bigger motors have pretty beefy power, but if that's not enough you can 'stack' them. You'll never exceed the max RPM but you can do some pretty ridiculous stuff if you have four or five motors working in tandem. Use some octogonal struts that are surface attached to whatever you want to spin, offset and center them correctly, and boom! Extra torque per 'node,' so to speak. If you only need to a measly double the power, you can also attach a second motor face-to-face with your first, set it counterclockwise, and fix it to whatever the first motor is attached to somehow.