Increasing the value of the motor from Castle?

[ZippyBasher]

*cou MEDUSA gh* what ever happened to Neu and them buying out Medusa for the "Cheaper end of the B-less Motors".

I had a 1520 and 1717 and I much prefer my 36x70mm Medusa motor in my heaviest of rigs. (13lb Maxx). It actually runs cooler and very lightweight. I would like to see a similar from Castle or the like. A cheaper alternative.... Proof is in the pudding...

[bdebde]

I have yet to find ANY motor to compare to Castle, except the Neu upon which it is based (more expensive yet).

I also swear by the NMB bearings...use them in all my diffs as I don't like to rebuild them often.

[pinkpanda3310]

I don't need convincing that castle is a quality producer but every now then it is nice to hear from the horses mouth why castle is better quality.

[TexasSP]

To my knowledge neu only agreed to service the medusa motors for medusa, not actually ever manufacture them. Honestly the medusas were not much cheaper than the castle motors were and would probably be much higher priced now as well. Medusa obviously could not make enough profit on them to justify making them which is one of the reasons they got out of the RC market. Those two things coupled together lead me to believe that the bigger medusa motors would be selling for over 200 now as well.

People seem to forget this problem will affect all brushless motors in the end. This isn't just a Castle thing, they have just been the most up front and honest about it.

[bdebde]

If you guys look around, you may find someone with old prices still. I just picked up a repair kit for the 2650 for $19.95.... the same place had the 2200 repair kit for $55.