Savage Flux XS Castle Electronics Question

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Lets hope they do the right thing by those of us who already bought the truck and offer a direct swap (although with the HPI distributor in Oz I won't hold my breath)

I put my Castle 3800 motor in the Flux XS and top amp draw was 115 Amps, so I dropped 30-40 amps of stress from the Battery / ESC at very little if any cost of performance. Motor also ran a lot cooler. Makes me wonder what sort of magnets this HPI thing has, cheaper quality obviously, but I'd call them fridge magnet quality at best with this data.

To double check I threw the 4000kv HPI motor in my Hyper 10SC geared for 35mph, again, 151 amp spikes and threw the fan of my HPI Q Base (MMP) esc on within a matter of minutes.

I have to wonder what Castle was thinking, how can you build a reputation for 'good quality' motors etc then cheap out to appeal to a large manufacturer like HPI, produce a product that is clearly less efficient but still allow your brand name to be plastered all over their advertising for the truck. A lot of people would be attracted to the XS as it has "Castle Electronics" but at the moment, I wonder if it's less efficient than the old 2 pole Traxxas VXL motor.