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rickgode · May 31, 2008, 12:29 PM

Looking at some of the previous posts, it seems that I will not need a V-Tail mixer as I have a Futaba Super 8U. I ordered two motors from Don at http://www.strongrcmotors.com/ and they arrived yesterday. My "stock" blade CX weighs in at 177.2 grams. One stock motor weighs in at 32.7 g and the motor from Don weights 9.1g!!! I'm going to save 47.2 grams in the motors alone!

I wish I would be finishing this up quickly, but I only have one esc right now and its a thunderbird 9. Why would I want to use a phoenix 10? or a 9 & 10 or two 10s? The Phoenix 10s are twice as expensive as the 9s.

I have attached some pics of the motor install. I thought because I was converting it to brushless that I would bling it up a bit and ordered a new frame.

May 31, 2008, 12:29 PM	#594
rickgode I'm just a 2.5D Pilot Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 610	My Brushless CX Day 1: Looking at some of the previous posts, it seems that I will not need a V-Tail mixer as I have a Futaba Super 8U. I ordered two motors from Don at http://www.strongrcmotors.com/ and they arrived yesterday. My "stock" blade CX weighs in at 177.2 grams. One stock motor weighs in at 32.7 g and the motor from Don weights 9.1g!!! I'm going to save 47.2 grams in the motors alone! I wish I would be finishing this up quickly, but I only have one esc right now and its a thunderbird 9. Why would I want to use a phoenix 10? or a 9 & 10 or two 10s? The Phoenix 10s are twice as expensive as the 9s. I have attached some pics of the motor install. I thought because I was converting it to brushless that I would bling it up a bit and ordered a new frame. Attached Thumbnails The StrongRC motor weighs 9.1 grams! 92.0 KB · Views: 151 Size comparison of the StrongRC motor and the stock. 72.8 KB · Views: 207 The motors bolt right in with no modification necessary. 81.6 KB · Views: 288 View of gears underneath the frame. 83.9 KB · Views: 272