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Unsullied_Spy · 02.10.2009, 08:13 AM

That looks like a material or production problem to me, but in truth a 1/8" shaft is NOT thick enough for a CRT .5. If you have the normal chassis with 2.2 Buggy wheels the 5700 will be OK for now but still rather underpowered. As others have said, get a Medusa motor. Myself and most other E-CRT .5 owners use the 50mm Afterburner v2 rated for 3300KV with the 5mm shaft. You would be hard-pressed to break the shaft on this motor and it has a TON more torque than that Castle motor. The Castle motors are great in 1/10th scale 2wd, touring cars, etc. but CRT .5s need something a little more beefy.

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Unsullied_Spy RC-Monster Titanium Offline Posts: 1,609 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bozeman, Montana	02.10.2009, 08:13 AM That looks like a material or production problem to me, but in truth a 1/8" shaft is NOT thick enough for a CRT .5. If you have the normal chassis with 2.2 Buggy wheels the 5700 will be OK for now but still rather underpowered. As others have said, get a Medusa motor. Myself and most other E-CRT .5 owners use the 50mm Afterburner v2 rated for 3300KV with the 5mm shaft. You would be hard-pressed to break the shaft on this motor and it has a TON more torque than that Castle motor. The Castle motors are great in 1/10th scale 2wd, touring cars, etc. but CRT .5s need something a little more beefy. All I ever wanted was an honest weeks pay for an honest days work.