Medusa Motor Literally Ripped The Can

[Krawlin]

I just found out my Medusa motor literally is torn. The can is ripped at the rear near the wires. Not sure how this happened. I was doing some normal running and I turned a bit sharp at around 25 MPH and my truck got some side traction and flipped/cart wheeled once and landed upside down. I went to flip it back over and gave it some throttle and the tires didn't move. So I brought it inside and found out the shaft had broken off somehow. Just took the motor out of the truck today to get some pics, and noticed the can was torn! I have never seen or heard of this happening before. I must have been doing something seriously wrong to make this happen! Maybe the can had very tiny stress cracks in it in that area already, and this impact from the flip/cartwheel was just enough to rip it open? Anyway, here are the damage pics -

[Arct1k]

Impressive!

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by Arct1k

Impressive!

+1

[BrianG]

The Medusa can is rather thin. I bet the shaft snapped and the resulting wobble tore it apart.

[brushlessboy16]

that takes talent.

[lincpimp]

I still stick with my belief that "you get what you pay for" with the medusa motors... I will stick to used Neu motors myself.

I do agree with BG on the bent/snapped shaft and resulting wobble did the can in. Tore in a weak area. Not much to the rear endbell on a medusa, and we know the al is not that great either (the threads pull out easily on the front endbell).

[Arct1k]

ben or mike hasn't even done that before! 11/10

[nitrostarter]

Send it in, they should take care of that no problem. Its still under warranty right? :)

[Krawlin]

I am amazed, I beat out Ben and Mike in destructiveness category for once!!! It's a real honor!

This motor is getting replaced by a Tekiun 1550Kv truggy motor and 6S Lipo, should be alot more efficient than that Medusa.

So Medusa=Shit? Oh well it was only 50 bucks.

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by Eric G

So Medusa=Shit? Oh well it was only 50 bucks.

I wouldn't say that. I know there are quite a few out there and people are beating them up pretty well with no issues.

I would have to say tho, they aren't on the same page as Neu for sure....

[BrianG]

No, they aren't crappy, but obviously not as good as Neu. To be honest though, I don't know how any motor would fare with a broken shaft like that.

At least now you have a pretty decent refrigerator magnet.

[whitrzac]

Originally Posted by BrianG

No, they aren't crappy, but obviously not as good as Neu. To be honest though, I don't know how any motor would fare with a broken shaft like that.

At least now you have a pretty decent refrigerator magnet.

2 words for you...

Harddrive magnets

there a great joke to play at school, you stick it on an unused locker and watch everyone FAIL as they try to get it off one guy took a screwdriver too it and riped the metal backing off, mag was still there

[BrianG]

lol, funny you should say that, because I have one on my fridge right now. Holds several layers of papers far better than anything else; and with enough force to open the door. Those stupid little business card magnets are useless for that; they can't even hold one piece of my kid's art work without falling off with a gentle breeze.

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I still stick with my belief that "you get what you pay for" with the medusa motors... I will stick to used Neu motors myself.

I do agree with BG on the bent/snapped shaft and resulting wobble did the can in. Tore in a weak area. Not much to the rear endbell on a medusa, and we know the al is not that great either (the threads pull out easily on the front endbell).

I believe these issues along with a "2 Year Warranty" is what put Medusa out of business.

I wonder if returns began to exceed sales?

With this hobby, it wouldn't be hard for me to tear anything up in 2 years. LOL