Increasing the value of the motor from Castle?

[suicideneil]

Well, they did say the cost of Neodymium nearly trippled..

I'm wondering if the motors will have to fundamentally be altered to save money yet still provide enough power- like the 1517 2350kv motor used in the HPI savage flux 2350- cheaper magnets yet larger so the power output is still sufficient..

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Well, they did say the cost of Neodymium nearly trippled..

Well, it's actually much worse than that...

The price has tripled since January. But it tripled between June 2010 and January 2011 also. So today, the cost is well over 1000% higher than a year ago.

June 2010 : $38/kilo
June 2011: $420/kilo

And that's just for the raw material.