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...
I've collected a pair of interesting Futaba controllers.
I have a futaba senior
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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...
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.
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.
While waiting on parts I decided to refurbish a Novak HPc ESC.
Birchwood Casey aluminum black is really helpful when tidying up the cooling flanges.
The Novus 7136 plastic polish kit does the trick on the housing, a light rub with alcohol on the...
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I have never had much luck with my Novus system for some reason. Maybe just the wrong plastics, or needing more work prior to polishing. I will give it a try on my next Novak refresh. Thanks!
The RCH company is not really known to me, other than they have been based in California and made option parts for 1/10 scale offroad cars.
Now I saw a motor somewhere which was named as RCH as well.
This motor was based on the old Igarashi can, so...
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Well, the fact that the labels were still the black and white label makes me think this was something else my dad did, but I never ran one of those. Those were early offerings but didn't last long. Now that I look at the back of the labels, it...
I received an order from MCI and in that were some replacement Twister motor labels. Looking over my motors and the original labels, I see that the red label has a bolder font than the silver label. MCI appears to have recognized this, but their...
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My first purchase from him was by his eBay listing. That's how I would recommend.
I've been looking around the forum to find out what other people with brushed motor collections use to display them but couldn't find many ideas...
Anyone got any ideas about how to elegantly display them? I've seen some acrylic shelves and those...
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I did take measurements of the sticker (font size etc.) & a photo of a larger CS sticker for scanning so they coulkd make some repro's. I don't know if they ever got made though.
I have a few old Laser speed controls that need stickers.
Hey everyone, it took a ton of research but I've compiled an article that ran in Velocity RC Magazine about the Evolution of RC Batteries. You can read it at the link below:
Enjoy,
Jeff
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Is it sad that I miss making my batteries and using the old ticking rotary chargers? My current build uses a bunch of vintage electronics, but I obviously can't use the batteries.
Has anyone had any luck finding similar diameter wiring to the novak 16 guage wires in the Novak Rooster ESCs? I have 2 with really short wiring. I could splice on but it wouldnt look very good. Other 16 guage wire aeems to be too thick for the case...
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Thanks guys! Its awesome that there are some really close matches for these parts out there!
I recently picked up a MTM losi motor. There were two to pick from one had Team Losi stamped and the other just had japan stamped just curious on the difference both cans look identical otherwise
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They do. I clearly put that in the item description.
Hi all,
months ago I've bought this abused Tamiya Acto Power Off Roader 2wd Motor.
Now I'm in the condition to full restore it because I've bought a new endbell (with new brushes), a brand new armature and a MCI sticker to refresh also its...
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You could make a motor flag. A brass rod with a steel square on it. You insert it instead of the rotor and the flag should point to the center of the magnets.
The magnets don't just lose magnetism, they lose center too.
Would give you a feel for how...
I have been hunting for a nice Tekin Titan ESC and took a chance on an untested unit. It passes power to the steering servo and the light indicates that the throttle calibration works, but it won't turn a motor. Does anyone know of someone that does...
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I removed the leads so the top of the case could come off. It looks like this ESC was trying to toast marshmallows and make s'mores.
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I have another version of the same motor.
Label on it says:
- part number 5718
- 18x4
- 27000rpm
Same specs as posted above.
Actual dyno run data on a sticker (performed not by me): 29800rpm, 162w, max. efficiency 73.8%....
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