Ralphw
Key Veteran
Location: Spring, TX
| And to further add to the brush issue...DON'T try using after market or "high performance" car brushes. The results are not good...lots of heat, very low power, and low endurance.
If you're going to stick with the stock motor / esc combo, at your first opportunity, true the comm and pull the plastic fan "thing" off the armature. Truing the comm will greatly increase the brush life (just make sure you mark the can for the proper timing before you pull it apart). Pulling the fan thing (it's not a fan, but some sort of alignment tool for manufacture) will prevent a build up of brush dust that can short the motor when it collects in the area between the arms.
After all that, go to Aircraft World and order a new Hacker C40-8L and a good ESC, then watch your VE come alive  !!!
Ralph W.
"Life's Short, Fly Fast"
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