I would save the hassle of using old brushed motors, unless you have a bunch of them and brushes kicking around. Buy a Novak Brushless and brushless speedcontrol (I think they are $130 new as a combo) and an inexpessive lipo.
I can spin the pinion freely and the motor turns.... it is not locked up.
I did pull the brushes and they appear to have a reasonable amount left and no scored marks.
I grabbed a can of motor wash from a buddy, and I will try to hook it up this week again.
So I freed up my stuck nitro engine. (OS Max CZ .12 i think) Noticed that the piston rod was very loose on the crankshaft and has A LOT of play. The bottom of the piston rod also hits the inside of the block. Should there be a bushing where there is...
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The head doesnt look great but is probably OK, but man that thing must have been hot if the anodizing is that discolored.
But no, that piston doesn't look good. In the correct orientation how far up the liner can you push the piston?
I have a Reedy Silver Dot motor, its old, so to give it new life should i cut the armature on it and advance the timing 10 degrees? or just cut the armature? what do you do to those old motors to give them new life? By chance can someone tell me...
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yeah but i want a shelfed motor that works, maybe sometime in the future i might run them for the memories or something like that, instead of plugging it in and sayind damn it doesnt work
Hey, I'm with you, Craig. I had more than a bit of fun...
Here are a couple of pics of my vintage motor collection. All of these motors were raced at one point in time. My favorites of all have the to be the Slot Machine 2 and the Parodox. They changed stock racing in there own right. First was the laydown...
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Well you have really good collection I like that. I think all the old stuff is more durable instead of the new motors . Because I mostly see the burnt problem in motors. How many years you are collecting these motors?
Hey guys, I have a couple of Reedy Ultra series motors that need some new brushes. Does anyone have any suggestions or part numbers for oem or compatible substitutes? Is compatible substitutes kind of redundant? LOL! Hopefully tower hobbies has...
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I hav e some original Ultra brushes of various types stashed away - howmany sets do you need?
which of the new brushless motors runs the best in a vintage RC10, looking for the same install as the current motor. I still have the origional motor and wont to take it out and keep it aside but also looking for some power as the RC10 will be used...
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For bashing around with a 25 year old car, how much speed do you want? Any car not built for racing is at risk of blowing things up. Upgrade the car if you want to blaze up and down the street with insane horsepower, but if you want to play around...
I was wondering what brushed stock motors people ran back in the day. I didn’t know if there was a specific trinity or some other brand motor that ruled the day.
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A Trinity X-Star was advertised in 98' But I feel like a Midnight or Green Machine series is also within the time range of the XX4. As far as modifieds, there's Speed Gems, and of course the D2 or D3. The trick is finding one in good shape, I've...
