Originally Posted by
PremiereHobbies
The 8th scale motors havent been released yet. They will be soon. From what I have been told, Viper is trying to get things right before they release an 8th scale ESC/Motor that is reliable. No need to release something that is going to burst into flames, right?
The ESC might burst into flames, due to firmware, hard brakes(reverse current/voltage spike), sub par batteries(really bad ripple current), locked motor, wrong fets, etc. Not much that goes wrong with a motor these days. Hence I would release the motors first. But that is just my opinion.