Viper motors

[simplechamp]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVDA6&P=7

Viper cans are black instead of silver other that how much of a difference is there?

You could say that about a ton of different 1/10 motors, including accepted names like Novak and Trinity. They are a spec'd to fit the rules, they can only do so much to change things. Any differences are generally subtle, like the Viper has different endbell design and different solder tabs, and that's without seeing the backplate or sensor package to see if there are any differences there.

When I look at these two pics I don't see how a Viper 1/10 is trying to copy a Tekin 1/10 motor

Originally Posted by simplechamp

You could say that about a ton of different 1/10 motors, including accepted names like Novak and Trinity. They are a spec'd to fit the rules, they can only do so much to change things. Any differences are generally subtle, like the Viper has different endbell design and different solder tabs, and that's without seeing the backplate or sensor package to see if there are any differences there.

When I look at these two pics I don't see how a Viper 1/10 is trying to copy a Tekin 1/10 motor

I am comparing their looks more to the Tekin 1/8th scale motors. (don't want to link directly in the forums due to the image size). The endbell is almost identical IMO and the engraving is in the same color in the same area of the motor. Maybe I'm just being overzealous.

Tekin:
http://www.teamtekin.com/product%20p...in-T8-1002.jpg