MMM Sneak Preview...

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Originally Posted by Pdelcast

We will be offering a pre-sale special at MAP pricing for those of you who would like to get a MMM before the big distributors...

Keep watching the website, we will probably only give a single week for the special.


The "Castle Neu" motors will be build in Castle's Chinese facility, under license from Steve Neu, and we are currently waiting on magnets to arrive from our magnet supplier in China to build the final prototypes and get the production line started. The "Authentic Neu" motors are built in Steve Neu's facility in San Diego. The differences between the motors were mostly to make the CC motor better suited for RC car use -- the "Authentic" Neu motors were designed for airplane and heli use originally, which calls for lightest possible weight.

#1: Authentic Neu motors have carbon fiber wound rotors, the Castle Neu motors will not have a carbon wound rotor. (We tried, but Carbon Fiber is so rare right now we just couldn't procure enough carbon for production... but we have found in testing that the carbon wound rotors aren't significantly stronger, they just protect the stator better when the rotor fails, so we decided to move forward without a carbon wound rotor.)
#2: Castle Neu motors have a completely different case, which is better suited to RC car use (better seals on front and rear bearings, more heat sink area, heavier and stiffer construction.)
#3: Castle Neu motors have larger front bearings to handle RC car loads better than the Neu motors
#4: Castle Neu motors have high flex 10ga silicone wires exiting the case, instead of winding wires (better suited to very high vibration environments.)

Thanx!

Patrick

So on the CC website, if you click build it next to the selected motor, that will be this version but if you want the original heli version you select the heli version in the tick box?

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Originally Posted by RC_KAOS

So on the CC website, if you click build it next to the selected motor, that will be this version but if you want the original heli version you select the heli version in the tick box?

I don't believe that's the case. The motors you can order from them currently are Neu motors. Castle is now the US distributor for Neu Motors. The Heli version of a Neu motor has a special can style:
http://www.neumotors.com/20061222/HeliMotors.html

I'm sure they will do plenty to distinguish between their "Castle Neu" motors and the original Neu motors once they actually have their "Castle Neu" motors available.