Castle 1717

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

I'd call tech help to insure you have no problems.

Very Sorry to hear.

I found myself in this position once and I had to use a Butane micro torch to burn off the "varnish" and then scrape the wire clean.

Hope you can remedy your situation however you do it ?

[Raydee]

Well I was in a hurry and decided to take 1.5" off like others clain they have and guess what...I can't get the wires to tin at all now.........

[suicideneil]

100watt iron to the rescue?

I put EC5 and 5.5mm bullets on the 10g wires with no trouble at all, and all I have is a crappy 45watt iron- just use a broad tip and leadfree solder....

[Raydee]

Well it appears that the AIR version of the 1717 has wires more like a NEU motor and they should not be shortened. I am going to have to find a way to get the coating off the wires so I can resolder them. I think Castle should change the info on their site to say its OK to shorten the Car motors ONLY!

[NickRummy]

Has anyone mounted up a 1717 in a Mugen Mbx5t? I have a prospec I'm thinking about getting and was thinking of dropping my 1717 in it. It has a Tekno conversion on it now and I wasn't sure if the can size would let it fit? I know I'll have to get the 4mm hardware to work but I don't think that'll be a huge deal.

[nuz69]

I have a MBX5T prospec too, it has a CC 1520/1Y in. With your 1717 you could expect even cooler temps than a 1520 and maybe more torque per amp. But like you said, its size is its problem ^^ you need maybe a RCeclite motor mount to fit this beat in your truggy :D maybe a RCM motor mount with big spacer under it should do the trick too...

Hi all, just to asking an update on shaft size: do You know if the 1717 is now available with 5mm shaft ?

Is the 5mm the standard size for future 1717 or have I to ask explicitly the seller to have such size ?

Bye, Andrea.

[Thomas Porfert]

We are very close to shipping out the motors with the 5mm shaft. We received the new rotors earlier this week and they are currently being reassembled. So they should be shipping out in a matter of days! (Barring any major hold ups). They will all be 5mm shafts from this point forward. If anyone still needs a 5mm shaft to replace their 6mm shaft, please let me know.

Thomas Porfert
Castle Tech Support

[thomatrix]

@Castle,
do you have any news on the 2025? Now that the rc-monster conversion kit for the Baja is out I'd be interested to hear what the status was on these motors.

Thanks

[thomatrix]

Thomas P,
could you let us know what's going on with the 2025 motors?

Any info on the matter would be great.

[Bmr4life]

So what's the deal with these motors now? Is it the end of the line already???