Bye Bye Medusa

[Dragonfueled]

Wow guys I'm really bummed rite now. For 1/10th offroad they are the only motors I could find that ran cool with the small shaft. Seems like 1/8th has more options now but with a 3/16 shaft medusa ruled in my book. What do I do now. Really a shame

[BL_RV0]

This F*cking sucks.... Really Really REALLY bad.

That really sucks, good thing they offered a 2 year warranty

Noooooooooooo! This really suck's! I have had a medusa 30 -60-2000 in my losi
eight and ran it for six months now,and never had a problem ,always ran cool
and was fast for my buggy.Was going to order one for my losi 8t,and but now,
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! MEDUSA COME BACK COME BACK!!AAAAAAAAAHHHHHhhhh!

[BrianG]

I feel saddened as well. They were the best bang-for-the-buck motor out there IMO. I was slowly migrating away from the cheaper motors, and now this. I guess it's true; all good things must come to an end. :sniff:

[MTBikerTim]

What does this mean for Mike's Medusa clamp. Does this mean it will never be? I want one still. This does suck though.

[Metallover]

I would hope he still offers them, as I need one. I don't see why he would stop carrying them as medusa motors still exist.. I could be wrong too..

[BrianG]

Not to mention there are other 36mm motors around...

[Metallover]

So what are the best motors now? Neu 15 series are amazing, but too pricey for most. Neu 14xx series might be the hit ticket, but there aren't too many choices at the moment. The cc/neu motors are nice but there are only a few choices... The german motor, plett, lehner, hacker are pretty good if you can find one and pay for it...

Hobbycity motors are cheap but don't perform well. Fiegao motors get pretty hot and aren't up to par with performance standards... Great Planes ammo has a few choices but I haven't heard too much about them...

Castle doesn't offer anything inbetween the 10th scale TC motors and the Big guns, arguably leaving out slash, crt .5, any offroad 4wd... They are 2 pole too. Great in a TC, but not much else.

What did I leave out?

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Metallover

So what are the best motors now? Neu 15 series are amazing, but too pricey for most. Neu 14xx series might be the hit ticket, but there aren't too many choices at the moment. The cc/neu motors are nice but there are only a few choices... The german motor, plett, lehner, hacker are pretty good if you can find one and pay for it...

Hobbycity motors are cheap but don't perform well. Fiegao motors get pretty hot and aren't up to par with performance standards... Great Planes ammo has a few choices but I haven't heard too much about them...

Castle doesn't offer anything inbetween the 10th scale TC motors and the Big guns, arguably leaving out slash, crt .5, any offroad 4wd... They are 2 pole too. Great in a TC, but not much else.

What did I leave out?

You forgot the tekin motors.

Tekin T8 motors are damn nice, run cool as the most expensive motors out there and are offered in a bunch of different kv choices. And at $165 seem to me to be a great deal.

No choices really for CRT.5 though if that's what you are looking for.

[Metallover]

Nothing really Neu/medusa design/quality under the big motors like the tekin, CC/neu, Neu etc.. A slash/rustler/jato need a good motor too. Sometimes the castle motors just don't quite cut it.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Metallover

Nothing really Neu/medusa design/quality under the big motors like the tekin, CC/neu, Neu etc.. A slash/rustler/jato need a good motor too. Sometimes the castle motors just don't quite cut it.

Castle is coming out with bigger motors for 1/10th use. Not sure if they'll cut it as far as something 4wd like the CRT .5 but if the VXL can handle it with lower gearing I'm sure the new CC motors will be fine. Neu 1506 and 1509 motors can be found for a good price though, might as well save up a few extra $ and treat yourself to a Neu.

I'm sad to see Medusa getting out of the RC market, I was planning on picking up at least 2 more within the next few months.

[Metallover]

If the new CC motors have a design similar to Neu I'm definately happy. Maybe they will too.

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by Metallover

I would hope he still offers them, as I need one. I don't see why he would stop carrying them as medusa motors still exist.. I could be wrong too..

I hope he still does make them but he hasn't made them yet.

[lutach]

I know the economy is bad, but Medusa has been a popular motor for RC Aircrafts and now Vehicles so I thought they were doing good. So will this be another Aveox as they probably will get more $$$ from another industry that needs brushless and data products or are they just closing down for good?