Unknown Brushless systems? Cheap alternatives? Look here!
 

I thought about some of the brushless systems, and thought it'd be a nice idea to gather them all under one thread (As well as opinions, reviews, etc.). I guess you all are very interested in electronics and such as well, so incase you haven't heard of some of these, here you go:

Infinite brushless system

Cheap brushless system, 1/16, 1/10, 1/8, 1/5. The 1/5 ESC is supposed to be able to handle up to 10S.

http://okhobby.com/category.php?id_category=96 -- Combos.

Leopard brushless motors

Cheap ripoffs of the Neu/CC motors.

http://www.leopardhobby.com/

Hobbywing/EZRUN/XERUN, Leopard 1/10 COMBO and Tacon

http://www.hobbypartz.com/brushless-...bo-system.html

Tacon http://www.hobbypartz.com/96m21-car-3650-5900.html

Feigao, along with Leopard and a few others.

http://204.186.93.64/BrushlessMotors.htm

KB/KD/KDA/TR series (Feigao clones I believe, atleast the KB & KD. These are a bunch of motors listed at Hobbyking. I'll just post the 2 largest ones here; There are several more sizes available at hobbyking.)

KB45 http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=4941

KD36 http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=7391

Turnigy & Hobbyking Brushless ESC/Motor combos

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idCategory=284

Typhoon motors

http://www.highendrc.com/index_ecat.php?cPath=31

HXT - a cheap Hobbyking brushless motor.

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=4202

Some Turnigy motors listed on Hobbyking (There are more.)

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=9824

Turnigy B36

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=6526

Turnigy MACH2

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=8860

If you know of any not so well known motors or brushless systems, please post them here (Along with any relevant info you might have.) At the very least, it's interesting reading IMO.

* This is intended to serve as a guide to cheaper/unknown brushless motors. Any info you can provide about these or any other system would be appreciated.

I have an EXRun 9turn motor and although am not using it at the moment, it is a good motor. Ran cool and always did what I asked of it. I would definitely recommend it to someone needing a motor but doesn't want to pay too much.

Up!!

I have heard and seen alot of issues with these at my local track. I assume just stick with the name brands for electronics.

OKhobby.com customer service claims the 1/5 motors can deliver "under" 4000 continous, and 4000 max. Atleast, that's what they said.

For the OK Hobby 4-pole buggy motors I can say they work better than a Feigao-type 540XL 2-pole, but still get hotter than a Castle or Tekin. It wasn't a waste of money, and does work, but I wouldn't buy one again.

They also have quite long motor leads, that are extensions of the windings (like a true Neu motor). This basically makes it impossible (or at least very difficult) to shorten the leads, and the wires are more stiff and likely to break than silicone wire leads. Silicone wire or solder tabs would have been a better way to go.

Overall I'd give the OK Hobby motors a 6 or 7 out of 10. Not bad but not great either.