Venom Fireball Motor - Slide On Connector

[carparkthrasher]

Hi all. You may well have seen miy pictorial quiz from the main site regarding the recent purchase of 2 Venom Fireball 21x2. These are for my Clod project and I got them because a) They are sensibly priced and b ) They came with pre installed caps and connectors. Sadly, whilst a) is still correct b ) is not so as when they arrived they were the bare motor with no cabling.

I have managed to make the bullet ends up thanks to a Tamiya Snap Connector set but before I set to a frenzied soldering session (far from being any good at said soldering but have som every useful tips from 'tinterweb), I thought I would ask if anyone knew if the slide/clip on connectors that connector the motor wire, are availble seperately or what they might even be called so I can search for them? i.e. you have a pre made wire come with the motor normally, one end has bullet style for ESC conenction and the other is a connector that slots into place on the fitting that forms part of the eyelt fitting (a big U shaped bit of metal!).

I know I can solder direct to the motor but in the interest of science I am keen to find out if those parts are available. I have tried Venom's website and Googleised most things I can think of, any thoughts?

[TA-Mark]

You are better off removing the poor quality, poor conducting, easily loosened bullet connectors completely.

Solder directly to the motor. If you need it to come apart use a high volt plug (female on the esc) the same as you would use for a battery. Not the Tamiya plugs....they are worse than the bullet connectors.

The bullet connectors are available on eBay but are a complete waste of money.

The Venom motors are not too bad for the price. Of the 3 I've bought in the past 1 was a dud. It was very out of balance and did not last long at all. A 21x2 Orion or Trinity is a completely different class of motor to a Venom 21x2. You will probably also find that a Tamiya 23 turn will out perform those Venoms. My LHS refuses to stock anything Venom now, he got sick of returns.

Mark

[carparkthrasher]

You are better off removing the poor quality, poor conducting, easily loosened bullet connectors completely.

Solder directly to the motor. If you need it to come apart use a high volt plug (female on the esc) the same as you would use for a battery. Not the Tamiya plugs....they are worse than the bullet connectors.

The bullet connectors are available on eBay but are a complete waste of money.

The Venom motors are not too bad for the price. Of the 3 I've bought in the past 1 was a dud. It was very out of balance and did not last long at all. A 21x2 Orion or Trinity is a completely different class of motor to a Venom 21x2. You will probably also find that a Tamiya 23 turn will out perform those Venoms. My LHS refuses to stock anything Venom now, he got sick of returns.

Mark

Thanks for that Mark, yeah I guess you makes your choice and takes your chance etc. I will give them a go for now as I am only a garden/park driver anyway and see how they do. Mind you, I wasn't filled with confidence when the back of the packet says things contrary to what you actually get!

[terry.sc]

To fit leads to the motor without soldering directly you want some 4.8mm lucar terminals.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...=14&doy=3m5

[Danbox]

You could try these:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...SM&I=LXTJ21

I put these on, then soldered them anyway!