tenshock brushless motors

[Unsullied_Spy]

I've heard these motors are quite expensive, nearly as much as a Neu. I'd rather have my money go to Neu than some Chinese company any day.

[himalaya]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

I've heard these motors are quite expensive, nearly as much as a Neu. I'd rather have my money go to Neu than some Chinese company any day.

Chinese products are not likely to stay at the super low end forever. They'll natually be going to have better quality and ask for a fair price, like the Japanese did decades ago. You know Steve Neu uses Chinese magnets, so will you buy a Neu? The thing that matters to me is not where the motor is made, but how it works.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by himalaya

Chinese products are not likely to stay at the super low end forever. They'll natually be going to have better quality and ask for a fair price, like the Japanese did decades ago. So the thing that matters to me is not where the motor is made, but how it works.

These motors are, supposedly, quite good. It's not about quality, I'd rather drop money on a domestic product if I were going to spend that much. I love the cheap Chinese motors because they're cheap and they work (for the price many are quite good) but if I am going to drop hundreds of $ on a motor I'd keep that money in my own economy than send it overseas.

[florianz]

Originally Posted by himalaya

Chinese products are not likely to stay at the super low end forever. They'll natually be going to have better quality and ask for a fair price, like the Japanese did decades ago. You know Steve Neu uses Chinese magnets, so will you buy a Neu? The thing that matters to me is not where the motor is made, but how it works.

that's right.

Most "rare Earth" Magnets like neodymium do come from china. The german manufacturer Flyware (good brushless motors) get their magnets from china. Most or probably all nimh batteries come from china; IB Intellect Batteries are chinese, and are they crap? And almost any Lipo is manufactured either in China or Taiwan.

It depends on the quality assurance, if a chinese product is crap or not. the german slot-car brand "Carrera" have moved the assembly from Germany to China some years ago. After some problems in the beginning, they now have just excellent quality.

Sooner or later china will be a problem for both american and european brands. Because we rely on the fact that we're good... but things change...

Things that justify the higher price compared to cheapo chinese motors are the fact that these motors are hand wound and each rotor is individually balanced. unfortunately it seems my eagle tree has died, so I can't provide any et data from running the motor.

the price depends on where you live and were you buy the motor. If I buy a new Neu, i'll have to add about $30 for shipping, 19% tax and some extra custom duties.

products from hk usually get past customs easier and shipping is cheaper. For me the tenshock would have been the same price as a 60-70mm medusa.

edit: I would end up paying a total of $340 for a new finned neu 1512...

Had to take the motor out because the rear came off, so I took some pictures of the rotor:

[lutach]

Is that rust or some sort of coating?