A litle help, motor size
 

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a motor for my buggy conversion, and I came across this on Hobbycity:
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...idProduct=4880

It says its an XL motor, but is it similair to the XL motors sold here, or is it a slimmer motor?
Thanks,
Matt

same exact motor.

The Medusa are the best bang for your buck period.. the v2 2000kv 60mm is perfect for a buggy w/o any heat issues, and they are super effecient almost to neu's levels for 1/2 the price. http://www.medusaproducts.com/Motors/036-V2.htm

I'd buy a Medusa motor, but I really don't have the money. It would be nice, but I don't mind gearing down a bit on a Feigao as I'm not looking for a super fast setup.

Not a bad motor for the price. If you don't want to spend the money for a MedUsa it'll have to work. On 4s-5s geared for ~35 MPH it should do fine IMO, just make sure to get one of Mike's XL-sized heatsink clamps to cool it and keep the endbells together.

Yeah that sounds like a good idea, well I need to order the motor mount, pinion and BEC from here anyway.

what car do you have?

The car is a Hobao Hyper 7, known as Ofna in the states.

i dont recommend that motor. I have had many of them and nothing but bad luck. They have the power but they dont have the life. I had to gear way down to keep it cool enough and bearings are junk in em. I know the medusa is more but well worth it to save for it. better yet is a neu but the medusa will be jsut fine for less.

I'm willing to take the chance, I've had 2 feigao's and they have both been fine for me. I only have £120 to finish my project, and a Medusa is £75, so it really isn't affordable for me.

Fair enough, even if it only lasts a few months by then you should have the money for a better motor right? I have a 6XL in my Hobao/Ofna Hyper 7 TQ right now. Haven't been able to run it much because I lost one of the front drive cups (the one on the diff pinion gear) but I've driven it around a little on the floor and it seems to work fine (it'll probably never get bashed with this motor, I'm hoping to have my 70mm Medusa by the time I order the new drive cup).

It's too bad you live overseas, if shipping were cheaper I'd probably just send you my 6XL.

Yeah shipping sucks, its probably going to cost half the price of the motor! :surprised:

^^^+1 fair enough