Motors

[dmess62]

What brand motors are you all using for your semi's. I know I need in the 55-65 turn range just not sure of a decent brand.
Thanks dave

[thercfreak2012]

i most likely would go for a carson truck puller or carson poison motor

[petermoblin]

I use rc4wd 55 turn motors. They've worked great for me so far.

[Espeefan]

I like Tekin and Novak motors. They are fully rebuildable and have ball bearings supporting the shaft at both ends.

[dmess62]

Thanks guys. I have a 55t but I have to solder transistors on the posts and to the top of the can. Can't seem to get the solder to hold to the can. I've seen some that were internally done, just wasn't sure of a good brand

[Espeefan]

Dave, soldering the capacitors onto the motor can is tough if you don't have a soldering iron with at least 50 or 60 watts of power. The motor can will absorb a lot of the heat.

Many of the more expensive, higher end motors have built in capacitors to filter the noise, which is a really nice benefit.

[Sentinel]

I run a Holmes Hobbies crawlmaster motor. Bought it for my Axial crawler and then stole it to build my Scania. It's an awesome motor, heaps of torque, excellent slow speed control, hand wound, on the pricey side tho.

The Carson truck puller motors seem reasonable priced, otherwise could try the RC4WD ones. 55 or 65 turn motors and they're pretty cheap. I was using a 65 turn RC4WD in my crawler before I got the crawlmaster and it was pretty good.