A Simple Brushless Motor and Propeller Test Stand for Experiment from Home

1742-6596/2111/1/012005

A brushless motor and propeller test stand is used to test brushless motors and propellers. This testing instrument is still only available in research laboratories. Students and researchers are unable to use laboratory facilities because of the Covid-19 epidemic, thus students must be able to do tests independently from home. Purchasing this testing instrument would be too expensive for students. It is essential to construct a brushless motor and propeller testing instrument at home using simple components that are easy to get on the marketplace. The design concept reads force data using a loadcell sensor and an HX711 driver, and current and voltage data with an INA 219 sensor. The brushless motor's rotational speed is controlled by a potentiometer. Force, current, voltage, and power are all examples of test results data. A 16×2 LCD is used to show data immediately. Data is also transmitted via a USB connection to a computer device for storage or additional analysis. This study proposes a simple brushless motor and propeller test stand that can measure forces from 0 gf to 1000 gf with an error rate of 0.72 %. The power that can be read ranges from 0 mW to 18960 mW, with a 0.59 % error rate.