Neu motors came in

[BrianG]

Not an expert, but an "armchair professional".

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Not an expert, but an "armchair professional".

At least you admit to being lazy...

From my limited (HA) experience with various motors the neu seem to be the best out there. Generally the external looks are a bit questionable (black motor with crappy sticker) and I have noticed the variety of shaft materials that neu seems to use. I have a feeling you have a few different age stators in those motors, that would account for the differences in the shaft length and appearance. I once returned a neu with a fault stator and got a heli model stator back, the shaft must have been 1.5" long... Kinda funny, I just trimmed it down to the correct length and ground a flat spot on it.

I do understand your feeling s though, these motors are not cheap, and if I bought them neu I would be concerned about these same things. I guess function beats form, at least for me.

[zeropointbug]

Yes, they would use a 30+ gauge wire and just wind them in a bundle... obvious reason being you can't wind 12awg or 10awg thick wires around a stator, at least not safely (damaging wire insulation).

This makes me ask the question, the people who have had problems with breaking motor wire leads, what Kv. winds were they? I can see the high Kv. winds having the problems... my 1512/3D has had zero issues with wire breakage and I have moved, readjusted, kinked the leads many times. They look to me like they would be about 12awg wire size equivalent.