New blue castle crawler motors

[robert@castle]

Originally Posted by whitrzac

Solder tabs are spoon shaped and have to be 3+mm thick. They can be a bit of a PIA to solder different wires too.

I think we need to get some average soldering irons at work. I never thought they were too bad to solder, but then I just remembered I was doing it with an $785 iron(JBC DIT-1D). With that soldering anything is easy.

[whitrzac]

I was using a hakko 937/908(the large handle) and still had to break out the desolding iron to get more heat into it.

The solder that's used has a stupidly high melting point, one of the joys of lead free solder.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by whitrzac

Solder tabs are spoon shaped and have to be 3+mm thick. They can be a bit of a PIA to solder different wires too.

The concave soldering terminals are a great idea! I'm tired of soldering round wires onto flat tabs.

[v8turbo]

the industry should standardize all motors , terminals, plugs etc.... as one specific unit. then all motors and electronics wouldbe quick change, no soldering.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by v8turbo

the industry should standardize all motors , terminals, plugs etc.... as one specific unit. then all motors and electronics wouldbe quick change, no soldering.

Deans have unofficially become an industry standard and they suck. So no, please allow me to choose my own plugs, etc.

[mikemcE]

I want to see you convince the chiiineeese on that.
They steal design and manufacturing , How can they ?


Hang up and Drive

[whitrzac]

Originally Posted by v8turbo

the industry should standardize all motors , terminals, plugs etc.... as one specific unit. then all motors and electronics wouldbe quick change, no soldering.

It already is. It's called solder.

I would have removed the wires on them no matter what plug they came with, they were longer than I needed/wanted.



The motors come with 4mm bullets on them

[robert@castle]

For shortening the motor wires, it might be a better idea to unsolder the bullet rather than the wires. Cut shrink, heat bullet, cut/strip wire, resolder, and reshrink. The bullet takes a lot less work to get up to the temperature needed to melt solder. The motor acts like a giant heatsink that sucks all of the heat out of the connection making it harder to get a good solder joint.

I use hardcase packs in my cars so I use 4mm and 5mm bullets everywhere. Just avoid the spring bullets, they are just awful. A large number of 700+ heli pilots use our bullets because for a long time we were the only source for the 8mm bullets needed to do 200 amps continuously. I don't mind deans, but they can be a pain to solder. The only polarized connectors I don't like are the EC connectors because the housings feel kinda weak. The bullets in them are good, but the housings feel awful. The XT connectors are nice because you can plug them in by feel by the way they are shaped, and if you are running high voltage packs you can get the XT-90 with an anti-spark built into the plug. The XT-60 has become the go-to connector for the guys the do FPV drone racing.

[BDR]

Originally Posted by v8turbo

the industry should standardize all motors , terminals, plugs etc.... as one specific unit. then all motors and electronics wouldbe quick change, no soldering.

Bugger that, can't think of any thing worse than having cables too long running every where

Where would that even start, try and fit a ESC\Motor into a SCT then the same system into a B44

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by robert@castle

The XT connectors are nice because you can plug them in by feel by the way they are shaped, and if you are running high voltage packs you can get the XT-90 with an anti-spark built into the plug. The XT-60 has become the go-to connector for the guys the do FPV drone racing.

I hope the XT60 connectors eventually become the standard for surface vehicles. They beat Deans in every way except that they're slightly larger.

[redemon]

I love the XT-60 Connectors.
I am slowly changing all my rigs to XT-60.

[JohnRobHolmes]

Moving to xt60 on my rigs too. Just gotta deal with the 40 battery packs with deans at some point.

[redemon]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

Moving to xt60 on my rigs too. Just gotta deal with the 40 battery packs with deans at some point.

This^^^
I have all these Deans batteries, not really sure I want to mess with them. Lol.

[Teng]

All the way Amass XT60 only

[robert@castle]

Protip for soldering Xt connectors. When you get them the cups are facing away from each other which makes it a little hard to solder. Take a pair of pliers and rotate the bullets so they are both facing the same long side of the connector.(Start as >< and changes to VV) This makes it easier to hold the connector still and get the wire in straight.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by robert@castle

Protip for soldering Xt connectors. When you get them the cups are facing away from each other which makes it a little hard to solder. Take a pair of pliers and rotate the bullets so they are both facing the same long side of the connector.(Start as >< and changes to VV) This makes it easier to hold the connector still and get the wire in straight.

I never realized the bullets would spin inside the XT connector... Good tip!

[robert@castle]

Youtuber Harley Designs gives the Slate motors another rave review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDKIrClnYc

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by robert@castle

Youtuber Harley Designs gives the Slate motors another rave review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDKIrClnYc

Hehe Youtuber Harley. I remember when he was just a well-known figure on this forum.

[robert@castle]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

Hehe Youtuber Harley. I remember when he was just a well-known figure on this forum.

I figured he was on here somewhere. I just came across his channel last night while searching to see if anyone had videos of the new motors. He's got 20k subs and a intro so he seemed more legit than some random dude who thought the motors were good.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by robert@castle

I figured he was on here somewhere. I just came across his channel last night while searching to see if anyone had videos of the new motors. He's got 20k subs and a intro so he seemed more legit than some random dude who thought the motors were good.

Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but he gained his "fame" on this forum and I'm sure that helped him get his current position at Vanquish.