Originally Posted by
biz77
Why did we have the motor-of-the-month scenario here in the States prior to ROAR implementing the blanket minimum IR rule?
Because Florida people are weird. I am sure it wasnt needed and it was monkey see monkey do so to speak.
Originally Posted by
jdearhart
How often will a company be able to have a motor approved? Once a year, twice a year or more?
. They can get a motor approved anytime they want BUT do you realize the cost to design a motor, retool for the stator, can, endbell, etc, buy the min from the factory so they will make it and then the cost involved getting it approved by not only roar but efra and ifmar (every two years)? To do that cost several several thousand dollars. They need to sell motors an average of 1.5 years to even break even on the initial cost! So I dont see this being an issue anymore than it already was.
Originally Posted by
biz77
I see you joined in 2020. Were you involved in the hobby, specifically the racing portion of it, pre-2018 before ROAR implemented the blanket minimum IR rule for spec motors?
Who do you think lobbied ROAR to get rid of the blanket minimum IR rule and why did they do it?
. If you think it was a motor manufacture it was NOT. It was me that brought the idea to ROAR. Being IFMAR president and trying to get world wide rules on the same page this was a step. ROAR was the last one using different rules. Some areas of FEMCA or japan use different winde motors but they are slowly swtiching to Blinky speedo classes with same rules everyone else has.
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