Bye Bye Medusa

sounded to me that they are just shutting down their RC division.

[BrianG]

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They should really remove the existing employment opprotunity though: http://www.medusaproducts.com/employment/index.htm

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by 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?

Medusa was also catching on in the FE Boats sector as well. I know a couple guys were running and testing the 36-70 and 36-80 motors.

[hemiblas]

I wonder if the bad economy did them in. Maybe sales were slowing and the repairs kept coming and they just couldnt make a profit. 2 year warranty was pretty nice, but given what we put RC stuff thru, it might have been too long.

Thanks for the heads up Brian. I might just send them my resume. No one else wants it.

[superek4]

Mike still sell medusa right I click n it did not show out of stock can I still buy?

[Dafni]

Originally Posted by superek4

Mike still sell medusa right I click n it did not show out of stock can I still buy?

Eh, just because they don't produce them anymore won't mean Mike will not sell what he has left in stock

[hemiblas]

But anything you buy will not have a warranty is what it sounds like. Unless there are some killer deals on these things, you might just want to stick with any of the other manufacturers.

[suicideneil]

Thats exactly right.

If the motor blows up at some point in the future, you have yourself a nice paper weight.

[himalaya]

I made a thread trying to let the Medusa guys hear my expectations for their future products, but now it seems the story has to end up there.
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20789

[BrianG]

This just figures. Tonight, the rear end cap of my 36-80-2000 motor came off (don't go reverse at high speed then hit a curb ). So now, I have to go get some red locktite and then maybe drill a couple holes at the end to add some small screws for extra insurance. It's not like I have to worry about the warranty now.

[Metallover]

Now the rear end is just crimped on, right? No fancy threads?

[BrianG]

Not even crimped from what I can tell, just glued.

[pinkpanda3310]

I take it Monster Mike is binning the long motor heatsink/clamp idea then.

[Finnster]

What would it take to make the feigao XL clamp to work? Just some longer screws? Same diameter right?

[nitrostarter]

As far I know yes. I use the RCM "L" sized heatsink on a 36-60 with no issues. The XL should fit the 70 and 80mm cans, longer screws may be required.

The Medusa heatsink that was planned covered up the rear endbell holes.