Astroflight 05 6turn cobalt motor ?

[Andris Golts]

Hi all a friend gave me an Astro 05 6t 19 ga wire on the arm 5/32 shaft cobalt motor i want to use in a old 22 1/2'' monohull . Do's any one remember how many cells can be used with this motor and what props would be suitable? im guessing it would be 1992 era motor. Regards Andris Golts.

[JIM MARCUM]

Astroflight motors were OK for thier day, but were not competitive with cheaper & more available 05 brushless motors. Here is the one that's been sitting on top of my cabnet for 25+ years (bad bearings).


They ran on 6-7 1.2 Volt NiCads, and later NiMH.

Do yourself a favor and put a 30mm brushless motor in your old 22 1/2" hull. Your Astroflight belongs in a antique RC car museum. Also make a good paperweight. JIM

[srislash]

Hey!!!! I almost had the 18 cell record with that motor back in the day.It'll run fine in your little mono if you have a controller for it.If not then might be a pain to find.I could check an old Astro 207 ESC that I have.Depends what you need or want from the boat.

Think I have a couple couplers as well.

[JIM MARCUM]

Shawn, "back in the day" must have been when I started RC 1/10th scale off road racing with a stock Tamya Frog. I bought the Frog from the first and only Price Club (now COSTCO) here in San Diego in 1977 - around the same time Associated brought out the RC-10 buggy. But with a 7 cell "Open Class" limit the Astroflight motors never caught on in car racing. The Astroflight with it's huge brushes & high voltage capicity may indeed work fine in a boat. But even if you can find replacement brushes for it, it would probably cost mote than a new 30mm brushless motor.

Andris, if you want a 75Mhz FM RX for the Astroflight I'd be happy to send you the Novak from my 11 time frist place winning Losi buggy for $5 postage paid. This was the top of the line "in the day" and as it has infinitely adjustable channels so it requires no crystals. Pop in a brushed ESC & you're ready to go. JIM