After flying my Super Cub completely stock for 6 months, I have finally decided to upgrade it. So about a week ago, I began ordering some ''super charged guts'' for it. The motor that I decided to go with was the Walkera 380M Brushless Inrunner. It had the same dimensions as the stock motor, so that meant that I could just bolt it onto the stock Super Cub gearbox without messing with the firewall and making a new custom motor mount. I received the motor a couple days ago, and it was indeed a very easy swap with the stock brushed 480 motor (for more info on the motor installation, please see this post). But don't be fooled... this Walkera brushless inrunner has 5+ times the amount of power than the stock 480 brushed! The setup I am planning on doing will give my Super Cub around 300 watts of power at 25 amps. That setup includes the following:

Motor - The Walkera 380M Brushless Inrunner

ESC - Castle Creations Thunderbird 36

Servos - TowerPro SG-90's

Radio - Spektrum DX7

Receiver - Spektrum AR6100

Battery - Impulse 3s 2100mAh 16C LiPo

Propeller - GWS 10x6 DD


I am also planning on adding ailerons and giving my upgraded Super Cub a nice covering scheme... but that's for later on in this thread.

So... here's some pictures of the new motor mounted on my Super Cub.