Well I have been doing a good amount of research into TP Power motors as of recent and have been very intrigued as to why I have waited so long to do this. Baffling to me is the respective positive feedback (Which seems almost unanimous from my own perspective) and their retail price range. And just as common as all this, is the apparent notion that TP is in general terms very underrated. For me, this was especially interesting as the first motor I ever purchased for my first boat build ever, was a Leopard 5698, and this was under the assumption as it was a good value and they seem to be very abundant in FE boating.

That being said, ive always had a strong desire to own a top teir Lehner motor, perhaps a 2280 or 3040 (im into large scale hydros), and came very close to ordering 1 direct from LMT on a few occassions, the wait time and shipping being the main drawback. Even moreso glad now however that I did not.

If you may, please watch these two videos, both of these boats respectively running the motors mentioned in thread title (5850 / 3060). Each is running the exact same hull (CT05 hydroplane, 61 inches long, 30 inches wide, 30+ lbs), and both are just about at the same speed of 65mph. The main difference im aware of is the LMT is on 10s2p, while the 5850 is on 12s2p, however the LMT is a 6 wind, or 1167kv which would equal to 43179rpm, whereas the 5850 is 820kv which equals to 36080 rpm.

5850 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib0z3fGcnkg
3060 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sYPZzmysU


This being said, can anyone provide me a solid justification as to why spend about 350$ extra for the Lehner motor?