I know there are holes in the list, but we can continue to build on this as we go. It's fairly comprehensive thus far, so hopefully this can help those of you who are looking for the general information on these motors. Feel free to offer...
A while back I found a cool thread www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=239 started by Scr8p that linked to a timeline Novak had on their website. With Novak updates ending the timeline in 2009, their eventual closure, and wayback links as the only...
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Thanks for clearing up the questions I had for a long time now, with this post.
This is the place to discus the: Ultimate Vintage Brushed Motor Reference Guide
For cleanliness and clarity, it was decided to no longer allow posts to be made in the actual topic itself. The discussion regarding it can be made here instead in...
Futaba used to offer these two spec lists for their older discontinued receivers and servos. Now they're only available through the Internet Archives site. That's a bit of a pain. So I decided to edit them a bit, and post them here for easier...
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I see that R142JE is called out in the manual. Somehow I muat have gotten confused about the 152 superseding the 142. Thanks for the measurements.
20 does sound like a good starting point. Just making sure 23 isn't more common.
Hey guys, I recently came across 3 Losi RC's (a JRX Pro and 2 LXTs) that were raced back in the early 90s. They came with a bunch of brushed motors and there are a few of them that I cannot identify.
Im still building my replica josh cyrul xx4 street weapon.. how many years has it been... yeah. Anywhos... im trying to figure out what servo he used, and hi res photos are nonexistent.
Not sure if its an airtronics because thats the reciever used...
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Oh man thanks Jason, Yep both of those have blue labels now to figure out which one it is
Thread dedicated to the wonderful motors of Nick Adams (RIP) of Demon Power Products.
No other motors please.
There are pictures and discussion about Demon motors spread over the forum.
But it´s quite a bit difficult to follow so I would like to...
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Hi all
Can anyone tell me if there were Demon motors sporting a black and white chequered flag sticker with Demon power and logo in what looks like pink more than red.
Not as I remember Demon motors but from what I can tell these were later models....
We all miss a timeline for Tekin ESC's and others.
With that said, I started to go through RCCA magazines from 1988 to parts of 1997. Now I know that the dates/years are not accurate as it all depends on when RCCA had the chance to get their hand on...
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411-P2 should be sometime in ‘93
I see that the the Tekin manual includes.
410-S2
411-P2
411-G2 (RCCA Nov-93)
420-G2 (RCCA Feb-94)
I know that pages are missing in the scanned RCCA mags. This could be why I don't get a hit on the 411-P2 or...
Picked up this very clean motor recently which I'm certain isn't an actual Trinity Ex-Tech motor. From my understanding Ex-Tech motors had gray cans, gray Epic endbells (some possibly purple) and gold brush hoods.
I have run my revived TC3 a few times now and just got a second, used RTR TC3 for my son that has been run a few times as well. Both cars have brushless motors and ESC's but are from the pre-LiPo era, so do not have low voltage cut off. My sole car...
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Thanks for all of the testaments to successful LiPo use. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I get a few.
A small update on my son's Team Orion brushless motor thread repair. We ran the cars the other day and it was the first time that both...
I've collected a pair of interesting Futaba controllers.
I have a futaba senior
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and one of these AM radios
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I was going to use a toothbrush and simple green to clean up.
Are there chemicals I should avoid on these...
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Would agree with TRX-1-3, dry brush the loose dirt, follow with diluted Dawn sparingly and wiped off quick. Picks in the crevices, q-tips on the chrome, nooks and crannies, with care around Futaba's soft decals. All you're removing is dirt and...
I ran stock truck the most in the early to mid 90's and just for kicks I was trying to remember which 24*, 27-turn, NON-rebuildable stock motors Reedy stuck their labels on and what year they came out. I think this is all of them, If you guys...
Is there anyone here on the site who knows how to repair or diagnose non-functioning brushed ESC's? Or does anyone know of someone who does? I have a handful or more old Novak and Tekin ESC's which don't function properly, and I'd like to attempt to...
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I use a guy in the UK called Ian Mullaney. He is on Fb if you want to look him up. He has told me I am ok to pass on his details. He has rebuilt multiple esc’s for me including Demon, Novak, Tekin, Laser, CS, Marfet and Victor Engineering.
20190101_160424.jpg 20190101_160402.jpg I have several vintage checkpoints and one trinity sprint that need new brushes, they are the real small square ones. Anyone have any or know where i can get some?
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Any idea where to get springs from? It seems that I'm missing one.
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They should just be standard slot car springs. Group 12 and up.
Anyone have access to a manual for a Novak RC Analyzer? Or does anyone have any hobby shop contacts that might be willing to make a copy of their manual? My good independent LHS closed, but maybe I'll ask the Hobby Town people. They might surprise...
School me on the need and “how to” for a diode? Cap? Not sure what it’s called that was added to a brushed motor back in the day. I think it was to reduce radio interference? Still needed today?
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Not all motors required a Schottky unless it was mentioned in your esc manual. The caps (not diodes) were typically .1 uF ceramic disc and you used two. Some esc's wanted you to use 3. Some kits had an electrolytic or tantalum cap....
Hi everyone, I recently purchased a used 240 SB motor. Upon inspection I am suspicious the armature is not authentic. Can anyone confirm this based on the images below? The winds are messy and damaged and to my eye it looks more like a stock rotor....
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OMG that was so kind of you to take apart your SPA !
I recently received from the bay a 240 combo. The ST is definitely correct but i don't believe the WS is , its a single wind. It looks like something I have seen before but I can't remember when,...
What is the story with these endbells? I do not think Losi ever offered so I am assuming this was built at some point in history. Just acquired off ebay. It sure does look pretty.
Well, a lot has changed in 3.5 years. To say the least. :D But that armature lives on with someone else at this point, long since gone to the ebay grave yard.
Does anyone have a Big Jim Racing Master Stock motor? Does this look right? Malung Motor endbell?
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I saw that motor on eBay a while back and made a post in the Facebook brushed motor heaven group. Nobody was able to add any valuable input. I've never heard of Malung, and it's strange that Jim would use an off-brand like that.
I was reading a thread Repairing Novak 4 esc _ what tools and what parts? and it got me to thinking.
When originally building my TOMSE I wanted to use my Novak1 ESC only later to find out it was not working.
First I tried to look for any info on...
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Thanks again!
Interesting... The white signal wire is connected to the #5 on the IC.
But only by soldering across 2 separate copper pads. This is shown in your pic inside the red oval that I drew.
Anyone have a source for decent replacement endbells for stock and modified brushed motors? I have quite a few motors with extremely nice cans *rimshot* that have horrid endbells.
I look around on eBay from time to time and see a few here and...
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Buy some of these (or similar cheap motor)and strip them for parts.
I have old vintage batteries which have leaked and dried with green acid on the terminals. I also have 20 and 30-year-old batteries that appear perfect on the outside, and which have never been used.
After batteries have leaked and dried is that...
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I store my display batteries on the shelf amongst other items like buld dischargers and other electronic equipment. I even have a battery bug on display, anyone remember those? I also display some loose cells in battery jigs to emulate how they were...
I don't know anything about Tomy motors and I don't see any info out there. This Tomy Zenergy is labeled as 1/10 off road racing motor and looks to be a triple wind. Number of turns is unknown.
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No idea about that motor, but I love that endbell!
Has anyone bought/wired/run Panasonic/Sanyo NC2500SCR sub C cells lately? Looking for new Ni-Cad options for Vintage runners. Seems like 2500mahSCR's (non-matched...of course)....vs. 1400mah matched packs from bitd might be worth a shot? Any...
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The last couple packs that I built used Tenergy NIMH cells. Then I put MCI decals on them.
Not perfect, but they don't look out of place either.
Is anyone familiar with SMT motors? The label says it's from France. They are Yokomo based motors.
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How about Elite Power motors? These labels seem like they might be replacing original...
I've been wondering if Peak Performance and Peak Racing are the same company. According to this package, they are.
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Also came across the model details for LRP V10 Spec 4 motors...
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Most of my older Peak Performance are Yokomo can & endbell, although one is Yok can and Air Supply endbell. But I have one PP motor that is Trinity Epic based. Both of those are from a former PP sponsored racer so I don't think there's been too much...
The Bantam Midget was the servo that Novak used as a base for their own. Here is one in kit form
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The Novak mailing address was 2709-C Orange Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92702. I wonder if being on Orange Avenue influenced Bob to make orange products.
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So, it dawned on my that I needed a 3+ channel Tx for my Hilux, and this is being built semi-period correctly, so an AM stick radio I went looking for. I found myself a close to new Futaba Conquest FP-T4NL with (Futaba G, FP-R4F) Rx on Channel 80...
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So little bit related to the topic, what is the deal with surface use only and non surface use radios?
Money. Surface use airwave licensing is priced differently than aerial use. It's why you're told to turn off your device on a plane. Nothing...
Nice bit of Checkpoint rarity here, in as-found condition.
I believe these were HPI Uno (Masami) based builds with the slot modular endbell conversion, subsequently leading to the more common Platinum Series Checkpoints which also had the trademark...
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So this bad boy got sent off to motor guru Glyn Ward for a full strip and rebuild. He skimmed the comm for starters and checked the magnets. The magnets were spot on, and he told me he expected this to be the case as they are early sintered ferrite...
Hi all, I recently picked up a vintage Futaba Magnum 1024 FP-T3PB PCM radio. I just had a few questions regarding crystals and module regarding this radio. Is someone able to help me out with these?
- Do I get single or dual conversion crystals for...
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I got it from eBay. There is a set of type 72-7 crystals listed. I don't know anything about dual conversion other than I see some airplane radios use it.
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Picked this gem up today. Only thing missing I believe is one S148 servo. :( Other than that is all appears to be brand new.
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I am trying to date my early 2PBKA and stumbled upon this thread. Since it has a R112JE rx I'd say it's the early 90's and probably 1991. Mine is earlier with a R102JE rx, which I assume is late 80's and probably 88/89.
I came across a nice group of brushed motors from a dirt oval racer and there was a CAM super stock motor with some uniquely cut brushes. The sides were narrowed to allow the face to offset for more timing advance. I think it's really cool! I guess...
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There was lots of brush cutting going on back in the day. Several companies sold precut brushes and brush cutting machines were also a thing so you could cut your own. Everything from slotted brushes for more cooling to holes drilled up the center...
well as you guys know I have been looking for a team checkpoint motor for awhile
i have a can but no endbell or arm,
with a number of attempt's to get one here and off ebay i THINK i got one
but here is the question for the owners of these motors....
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Here's a late PII with silver vein or silver-vane finish on the can. Was the Vintage Electronics forum not around 10 years ago? :wink:
Hi all! Several weeks ago I've bought this Yokomo motor and yesterday I found the time to open it.
The seller says it's 15x1 turns but wire seems to thin and the armature so full to be correct, any guess? Or info?
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Recently I've purchased a Wing Stock RF and a Wing 2 in the attempt to form the complete Wing motors line up. The Wing 2 seller have been so kind sending me some old advs regarding Yokomo motors that clear the point about turns:
YMW4 Wing 4 Modified...
Ok today's dumb question is about the very early steering wheel style Transmitters , it's obvious how you did the steering on them but unlike the later trigger and wheel radios that we still have today it's hard to see how the throttle was...
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Would've made sense to have your thumb on the wheel next to steering as throttle and the side slider to be trim.
Looks like it tuned into radio Luxembourg as well.
There is a nice timeline of MG motors evident here, as I became sponsored by them and they provided me with their 'hand selected' standard motors.
You can see the MG...
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To go with the blue label Checkpoint I posted up the other day, here's a silver label 17turn.... i have only just opened this one and will now begin cleaning it up.
I'm looking to start a build of a vintage dirt oval EDM car, and was hoping to find a Futaba Magnum PCM FP-T3PB radio to go with it. Does anyone know of any leads on one that's in good/working condition? I see them pop up on eBay from...
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Thanks all for the information. So is it correct to say that there’s no issues with running 75 MHz, it’s just more prone to conflicts?
There are no issues with it. Anymore, the chance of having someone on the same channel is extremely rare.
So a rc10 team car I picked up recently had this reedy mod motor in it. Looks like it had a balloon over the end of it that was melted on but the motor appears to be in good condition. Anyone have any ideas on cleaning this off without hurting the...
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Yeah I thought about the gun bluing but wasn't sure how it would work.
Share your favorite ESC from your collection vintage or contemporary. I'm not a collector, but in my quest for period-correct electronics I've come to appreciate them over the decades. ESC's never get reissued and there is something very timeless...
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This was one of my favorites, hardly any information out there about them.
I could be wrong but from memory it was the smallest ESC of the time and pre-dates the Novak Atom.
My favourite and first proper ESC (which I raced with all through the...
Hello all,
Does any one have the manual for the Duratrax dtx-4 esc?
I know it very very similar to the Novak T4 but the adjustment pots seems to be opposite from what is mentioned in the Novak T1 & T4 manual.
Please post a pic of the dtx-4 manual...
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I knew I had this somewhere..... found on the weekend, so scanned. Quality is not great, as it's a scan of a photocopy from a folder..... but it is legible (I hope!).
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One of my Delta Pocket Rocket 1:18 scale cars came with a Futaba FP-S 143 servo.
I tried to find specs and release date for this servo, but I can´t find anything.
The usual Futaba database for discontinued servos don´t mention this servo.
So anyone...
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My bad. Should've said 133H. The S133, S133H, and S143 are the same dimensions but different torque/speed.
I started into designing a sticker for a Novak Rx I had, and then dove in the gallon bag of ESCs to find a sample that had a good case, but bad sticker, so I could print stickers to match. To my surprise, I found an ESC with no sticker at all, so...
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Looks like you've got a Holy Grail there!
None of the swine in my stable deserve such a nice piece, but it may end up on the Holiest of chassis I have. :wink:
Some time ago I found an old Parma pricelist showing a Parma K Modified motor. K means Kyosho based, in this case the beautiful Le Mans can with aluminium endbell like Le Mans Gold. I´m aware of the Trinity World Champion 1985 Le Mans motor using...
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Since this thread is only a little over 8 years old I will bump it up with a few K mod pics. There was a small separation of the bottom packaging, so I just pried it a bit to get the motor out. This is a code #17 - 15 Quad.
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