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Originally Posted by chilledoutuk
Honestly?
The velinion is basically a feigao 540s there rotors are well put it nicely not as precisely made as more expensive motors and thus sometimes you get a rotor that will do 50k rpm without grenading sometimes one will go when not even going over 40k rpm.
Someone mentioned it wasn't worth putting a neu in a rustler but honestly i consider that to be a snobbish comment as in my opinion investing in a high quality motor is just that an investment assuming you look after it.
I still have a hacker c40 8s that i got back in 2002 and its as good as the day i got it because being a high quality motor i could always make sure it wasnt overheating and it could take the rpms they stated it could.
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Yeah, it was rather shocking to say the least, esp since I've tons of runs on mambas and velineons before. This was the first time to replace a rotor rather than just getting the whole motor. The inside of the can was smeared in a colored power, the same color as the "stuff" (epoxy ?) put on the end of the rotor for balancing. The stampede has mashers on and with loading, geared at 21/86, I don't think I was much past 30K in rpms.
This was on a dirt & and thin grass surface, so not even talking speed runs per se' . I have since put in a new velineon (while this other is into traxxas), running the same config, same area and it's holding up fine (10 runs - crack just happened saturday). I am interested in getting an alum tranny so I can stop reading temps every 4 minutes and put my mind at ease. Kinda paranoid now. LOL