OSE 40mm x 74mm motors

[LaMoparPower]

Very interested to see how these work out..... Starting to build my twin next week...

[m4a1usr]

YOu mean Tacons?

Yep. You are correct sir!

John

[osprey21]

I stopped by the PO this morning and picked up my motor - looks good.

[egneg]

Or a BAD A$$ P-MONO motor !!!

Hmmmm ... you have me thinking now!

[G1ST]

Are Leopard and Tacon motors the same?

[ray schrauwen]

It seems so. I have a pair of 2860 Tacon's and one 2845 Leopard, look & feel the same.

[G1ST]

That's what I thought. Thanks
I've seen ads that look identical (specs, dimensions, & weight) except for the color of the motor. Price can vary wildly also

[egneg]

Steven any idea what timing should be used?

[RCKong]

I ran this motor 2 laps today and one of the motor wires came undone - there was very little solder on it.
I'm re- soldering all the motor leads. Oh did I mention it was fast...

[Brushless55]

I ran this motor 2 laps today and one of the motor wires came undone - there was very little solder on it.
I'm re- soldering all the motor leads. Oh did I mention it was fast...

What are you running yours in?

[m4a1usr]

I ran this motor 2 laps today and one of the motor wires came undone - there was very little solder on it.
I'm re- soldering all the motor leads. Oh did I mention it was fast...

Do you mean that the wire coming out of the can or one of the bullets? Either cant be good. Thanks for the heads up!

John

[ray schrauwen]

John, the factory solder joints are sometimes alot to be desired. I redo them all.

[RCKong]

I was testing it in my DF33 on 4s2P. It came apart at the bullet connector. The wire itself had little or no solder on it at all. Probably just a fluke, but I'm gonna make sure it dont happen again.

[osprey21]

Thanks RCK - I'll now be removing the shrink and checking the joints on mine.

[RCKong]

BEWARE !!! I don't know how your motor is but mine is
- JUNK - I ran it yesterday, and it came apart at the bullet ( no solder ) in a min - never got above 90* in my DF33 with a X645. It took out a brand new T-180 ESC when it unconnected. When I fixed it ( re-soldered ) it cogged terribly, the wires got very hot, it would not run and had to unhook it quickly before it ruined another T-180 ESC
I'm sending the motor and controller back to OSE.
RCK

[Brushless55]

BEWARE !!! I don't know how your motor is but mine is
- JUNK - I ran it yesterday, and it came apart at the bullet ( no solder ) in a min - never got above 90* in my DF33 with a X645. It took out a brand new T-180 ESC when it unconnected. When I fixed it ( re-soldered ) it cogged terribly, the wires got very hot, it would not run and had to unhook it quickly before it ruined another T-180 ESC
I'm sending the motor and controller back to OSE.
RCK

That sounds like a 8XL keda motor I had in my Mean Machine.. It took out a 200A esc and the motor went to the dark side

[Steven Vaccaro]

BEWARE !!! I don't know how your motor is but mine is
- JUNK - I ran it yesterday, and it came apart at the bullet ( no solder ) in a min - never got above 90* in my DF33 with a X645. It took out a brand new T-180 ESC when it unconnected. When I fixed it ( re-soldered ) it cogged terribly, the wires got very hot, it would not run and had to unhook it quickly before it ruined another T-180 ESC
I'm sending the motor and controller back to OSE.
RCK

What packs were you running?

[RCKong]

I was running 2 4s 40c 5000mah Turnigys... plenty of juice -
I'm pretty sure these motors are KEDA's
http://www.kedamodel.com/product/skf4074.html

[Steven Vaccaro]

I was running 2 4s 40c 5000mah Turnigys... plenty of juice -

May I ask why you start your testing with a x645 with a 2350kv motor in a mono?

[ray schrauwen]

I was going to ask that....?

Keda or Leopard, all good motors.

[RCKong]

Thats a prop or 2 down from what I run with my leopard 2200. It did not make it 3 times around the pond and failed. It took about 2 min to get the boat in via fishing pole, and it temped at 85* so I figured it was under 100* when it popped. Set up is not the issue. The reason it failed is because there was only a small spec of solder on the entire connection !!! Out of the 3 wires only 1 had any solder in it.

[Insaniac]

Are you guys running with the stock (4mm) bullets? Don't you switch to at least 5.5mm?

[tiqueman]

They came w/ 5.5s

[osprey21]

After hearing RCK's whoa's, I pulled the shrink back on all three wires of my motor to inspect the joints and there is VERY little solder in the connections - an extremely shoddy job of soldering IMHO. I'm not going to run the motor with the connectors like they are, and I don't feel it's my job to make it right.

[ray schrauwen]

John, the factory solder joints are sometimes alot to be desired. I redo them all.

Bump

[m4a1usr]

After hearing RCK's whoa's, I pulled the shrink back on all three wires of my motor to inspect the joints and there is VERY little solder in the connections

Mine were like that too but its not a big deal to me. I go over each lead and resolder each motor I have that comes in. Heck for most I have to adapt to my bullet preference anyways. On some its 5.5, others its 6mm and on the bigger motors its 8mm bullets. But I have that ounce of prevention mentality when it comes to all my components.

Looking forward to running this motor sometime in the next month when I get back from the road. It certainly feels like a torquey little bugger on 4S.

John

[Rumdog]

BEWARE !!! I don't know how your motor is but mine is
- JUNK - I ran it yesterday, and it came apart at the bullet ( no solder ) in a min - never got above 90* in my DF33 with a X645. It took out a brand new T-180 ESC when it unconnected. When I fixed it ( re-soldered ) it cogged terribly, the wires got very hot, it would not run and had to unhook it quickly before it ruined another T-180 ESC
I'm sending the motor and controller back to OSE.
RCK

So, alsmost 2400kv. On 4s with a x645, in a DF33?!?!?!? That is a recipe for disaster. LOTS of amps there, man.

[Insaniac]

Are these Leopard clones?

[Rumdog]

a clone of a clone of a clone. Chances are, they all come from the same place. Some with different components.

[ray schrauwen]

Yes, I have bought and sold one of those. Only sold it because I wanted the 4082 2200kv from Steve.