Technigold motor...

[fatboyslim]

How many turns is it??

thanks.

[RC-Rudi]

21 single, If I'm right.[?]

[Dirt Racer]

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21 single, If I'm right.[?]

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OMG!!! [xx(][xx(] ... Is that all???...I used to think those were at least a decent 16turn at least that...[8)]

[Shodog]

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Originally posted by RC-Rudi

21 single, If I'm right.[?]

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OMG!!! [xx(][xx(] ... Is that all???...I used to think those were at least a decent 16turn at least that...[8)]

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Compared to today’s motors its not much. It still puts out 19,000 which are within a couple of thousand rpm of a current spec 19turn motor. When this motor came out it was super fly fast compared to a stock. Where the real power here is torque. The stock motor had about 14,500-15,000 RPM and ~ 200g-cm of torque on a good day. The Technigold had over twice the torque so you could gear up and spin the gears an extra 4000 rpm.

Realize at the same time there were some great and even better motors out there. The techni-series of motors were popular as I Think Tamiya sold a ton just from the name cache alone. They probably sold even a lot more for motor replacements as they easily bolted and plugged right in. I can just see the shop employee,†It’s a Tamiya car so you have to replace the motor with a Tamiya motor. Ca-Ching $50 pleaseâ€

I came across a shop that had a whole stash of them. I couldn’t help myself

[Dirt Racer]

Ahhh noo. Take that darn picture down, giving me a eye sore [)]

Anyhow, cant help noticing those 2 motors in the middle, says "Astroflight" their normally associated with RC planes arent they?

nice catch btw [^]

[mud4fun]

Hey Shaun, the big drawback with the technigold is the HORRIBLE brush and spring arrangement. You have to remove the end bell of the motor and using a special little tool (or some long nose pliers) you can then extract the brushes after unsoldering the brush leads. You need to replace the brush spring as well at the same time. It usually corrodes and reduces performance after only a very short time. You then have to solder your new brush leads back on again afterwards.

I used to run a whole fleet of vehicles with technigolds but to be honest they were far too much trouble for every day runners. I got the same performance from a mag meyhem in most cases and at least the mag meyhem uses standard brushes that take only minuts to replace rather than a complete motor rebuild.

For more performance and sticking with Tamiya a Dyna Run super touring motor (13t) gives staggering performance if you can run a low enough gearing and has loads of torque as well. I replaced the technigolds in my high speed buggies with dyna runs and now run them in most of my buggies and they give great performance although they eat batteries for breakfast (my Avante2001 only runs for 4-5 mins from a 2000Mah pack).

The Technigold isn't much better and consumed battery power at a horrific rate. The technigold also suffers from poor brush contact and has pretty poor motor wire connections which degrade/crack and cause overheating and huge current draw - blew a few ESC's due to that.

Brush and spring sets are also getting pretty rare and pricey.

Seriously I'd recommend running a cheaper, modern unit instead. Clean the technigold up and keep it in the shelf to drool over! After all, the performance it gives it far better than the awful design would suggest. I suspect that magic is involved somewhere!

If you do decide to run one with an ESC I'd suggest using an ESC suitable for 13 or 15 turn motors as although the technigold is 21t it has a very high current draw, especially when in poor condition.

[Shodog]

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Originally posted by Dirt Racer

Ahhh noo. Take that darn picture down, giving me a eye sore [

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Anyhow, cant help noticing those 2 motors in the middle, says "Astroflight" their normally associated with RC planes arent they?

nice catch btw [^]

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They say astro-craft. These motors are Mabuchi branded technipowers

[Dirt Racer]

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Originally posted by Dirt Racer

Ahhh noo. Take that darn picture down, giving me a eye sore [

)]

Anyhow, cant help noticing those 2 motors in the middle, says "Astroflight" their normally associated with RC planes arent they?

nice catch btw [^]

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They say astro-craft. These motors are Mabuchi branded technipowers

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Duhh my bad, didnt read it properly.

Are they more or less the same as the Technigold motors?

[Shodog]

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Originally posted by Dirt Racer

They say astro-craft. These motors are Mabuchi branded technipowers

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Duhh my bad, didnt read it properly.

Are they more or less the same as the Technigold motors?

They are the same as a Technipower, down to the P stamped on the armature

[Floyd]

Bah! Your both wrong . Look at the picture again and it says "Aristo-Craft" . And I thought my eyesight was bad :-p lol

[Shodog]

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Bah! Your both wrong . Look at the picture again and it says "Aristo-Craft" . And I thought my eyesight was bad :-p lol

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Dang your right [8)], I guess I need to get my eyesight checked

[Floyd]

I can let you borrow my glasses if you need them [] All in all , its an easy mistake to make though ...

[jocktheglide]

whats so special about tamiya motors dont they just buy from bulk from like mabuchi or something and brand them?

[Shodog]

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whats so special about tamiya motors dont they just buy from bulk from like mabuchi or something and brand them?

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The same can be said for a lot of motor sellers. My reedy has a yokomo can

[fatboyslim]

Thanks for the replies guys!!

Ian it's not for me(can't afford such expensive motors!!) A guy from another forum I'm a member at is planning on fitting 2 Technigolds to a Wild Dagger and he asked if I knew what turn they are!!

They are NIB motors complete with the little brush tool thing, I did tell him not to bother with using them and to go for a modern more reliable motor and to stick the Technigolds on fleabay as a NIB went recently for uS$160!!