Questions about Castle repair kits
 

1. Does the repair kit for the 1512 2650kv work for the 1512 1800kv? I assumed they are the same except for the windings, but wanted to check.

2. Are there any repair kits coming for the 1518, 1520, and 1717? So many people have these motors now from the clearance sale, and since they don't have any warranty it would be great to see a repair kit available for them.

Yes, the 1512 rotor and parts are identical between the 1512 2650 and 1512 1800 -- just a different winding.

2. Yes, they are coming. Probably spring. We've just got sample kits for some of them recently, and are in the approval process.

Thanx!

Patrick

I had no idea they were coming. I thought that since they are discontinued there wouldn't be any parts back up for them. Sweet.

I was actually calling up Bernie tomorrow to ask him if that rotor for the 2650kv would work for my 1800kv, so thanks for the answer.

Wow, that's a pleasant surprise! I was under the impression that the clearance items were understandably priced as such because no support of any kind would be available. Now, it seems those prices were an absolute steal since there will be some level of support after all.

We are planning to restock on those motors in the future, and some additional windings and lengths. They aren't huge sellers, but we haven't been promoting them much either. :oops:

nice :)
Im so glad i purchased some of these motors

Hmm, may be another 1717 purchase in the future. Great motors Pdel, keep them coming!

This is great news indeed, I know I'd love to have a 1518 repair kit in my parts bin. Sometimes it pays to ask!

Maybe you should propose them in combo package ?? We never know why you didn't do it ?
The longer motors are really interesting with their good power-handling/weight ratio. Unfortunately most of people just stick with the combos...
But every little brushless skilled person realise the hold up he did, buying a 1520/1Y for only 65$ :lol:

I see that the 1520 says discontinued on the motor page on your web site. So is that the only one to be discontinued? I recently started running the 1512 1.5y in my buggy and love it, may need to get more of them.

We will roll them out again -- it's in the plan. We have some improvements we are making to the rotor, and as soon as that tooling is done, we should be shipping again.

Thanx!

The real issue with that is the distributors don't want to carry a lot of part numbers -- so we keep the number of different combo packages to a minimum to make them happy...

Simple solution: just offer the combos on your site and let distributors carry them if they wish. Or at least offer a combo discount if a motor and ESC are purchased together, but have them boxed separately.

Does theses rotor improvements increase the motor efficiency or they just affect the reliability ? Or both ?