There's a rumor that the motors are made by Feigao. Only difference is that the tires come out the side, and the endbell has a large "V" on it. :lol:
The ESC's are complete junk. I'm not sure if anyone else thinks this, but I think they're EZ-Run ESC's. :neutral:

what about the assosiated LRP's? their nitro LRP's are good, are their brushless ones crappy like xcelorin and velineon?

neither can push the voltage needed

What about a mamba or sidewinder, you have an esc right or do you have to return the whole thing?

I'm hoping that i can just return the motor, cuz if i return the whole thing then i know i won't get another working esc

i called today, and i put the phone up to the motor and made it go, and i think that it was because i did that that he didn't make me send it back.

so now that i have this dead combo, i didn't just chuck it or something...

i tried to replace the gimpy 14 gauge wire with 12 gauge, but 12 gauge didn't fit in the wholes, but i thought this was too cool to not take it apart... here's the ESC:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5181.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5185.jpg

and here's the rotor, it looks kind of cheesy compared to similar novak and castle rotors, instead of the magnet spanning the entire shaft, they put in spacers, and it wasn't cracked, i'm guessing that the can was falling in on the rotor pulled by magnetic force:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5192.jpg

and I don't have school because the teachers are on strike, I'm lucky I'm not a senior.

Are there any scratch marks on the magnet, or any obvious wear marks on the inside of the motor (windings); the magnetic force of that little magnet wouldnt cause the can to get sucked inwards and rub on it, lol. Sounds like the bearings are in need of some attention, or a little shimming is needed to align the rotor inside the can, front to rear.

This was confirmed by me a long time back - The traxxas brushless motor is made by Feigao - The controller is not...

it does have scratches on it, but only in one spot, as if it's not perfectly round, or that spot is the strongest part of the magnet, and it's the same color as the inside of the can, and the can is lopsided, but horizon is sending me another combo for free (i think it's a combo, it may just be a motor, I'll find out thursday)

Thats sweet. Good to hear it.

now i got a question, i replaced the short wires on the capacitor with longer ones, and i have a question, do the gold arrows with minus signs in them point twords the minus sign? I'll post a pic in a second

It's not exactly just a capacitor... the lead on the side of the capacitor that has the gold arrows and minus signs on it goes to the side of the circuit board that I soldered the black wire onto.

Tell me how I did:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5193.jpg

That looks correct. On caps the - lead is normally marked, and the + isnt.

cool, if it was wrong, what would happen?

it usually makes a spark when I hook it up to the battery, and I hooked it up last night without thinking (i was planning on not hooking it up until someone said it was right) and it made the small spark, and nothing got hot as usual.