Question for the motor experts - winding? - RC-Monster Forums

kostaktinos_mt · 02.12.2009, 05:25 PM

nope... special chemicals will be needed to disolve the epoxy resin which currently keeps the windings in place. slightly different chemicals may disolve the enamel coating of the windings and render them useless. in this case, since the windings are already shorted somewhere [deep threaded screws i believe??], this might not be a problem.

winding it from the start to be as good as it came from the factory, will be very difficult. provided that the windings are [material-wise] as high quality as they should, it will be hard to fit them and align the iron laminations perfectly without [at least] the appropriate equipment. usually, the windings are hand-wound [or machine-wound] on an external rack that has been purpose-built for that job. then it is bath-ed with epoxy and when the epoxy cures it is fitted into the motor can [trimming the epoxy resin can be a pain in the neck however].

best case scenario is to ship it back to plettenberg. they will get it fixed but i suppose you will be charged some $...

BrianG · 02.12.2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kostaktinos_mt

...best case scenario is to ship it back to plettenberg. they will get it fixed but i suppose you will be charged some $...

And at that point, it might be more cost-effective to simply get a new motor...

johnrobholmes · 02.12.2009, 05:27 PM

What pole/mag combination is it?

kostaktinos_mt · 02.12.2009, 05:28 PM

4/12 configuration...

BL-Power · 02.12.2009, 05:57 PM

I would also say that it is nearly impossible to rewind the motor proberly by hand at home.

If you don't find any other solution, spend 10$ and ship it to me, i'll send it to Plettenberg directly from Germany. They care much more about their German customers. They check it really fast and tell you how expensive a repair would be.

sikeston34m · 02.12.2009, 07:07 PM

Hey Linc,

Can you post a couple of pictures for me? One of each end?

I have rewound some outrunner motors. JohnRob and I were corresponding back and forth about this at one time.

I wonder what the original configuration was? probably DLRK wound with a Delta termination. What I'm really wondering is what strand count and gauge wires were used and also how many turns?

A custom wound Pletty would give you the option to change kv some and even improve on the factory specs if done right.

More info please.

sikeston34m · 02.12.2009, 07:08 PM

Ummm Ummm I mean........what do you want for it? LOL

lincpimp · 02.12.2009, 07:44 PM

Funny, I will get some pics of it.

Bl-Power, I appreciate the offer. depending on the outcome of this I may take you up on it.

From what I can gather the internals of the plett are very similar to a neu, and from what I can recall, that design require the windings to be done by hand. Now I am sure that they must have some form of "assistance" when winding the motor. I will get back in a few with pics... Fixing lipos seems to take all of my time nowadays!