Parma Modified Motors...

[Malakite]

It was called something like 'Yokohuma'? or something...can anyone help me find out what it was?? Any ideas?

[wildwillydriver]

It was called something like 'Yokohuma'? or something...can anyone help me find out what it was?? Any ideas?

I have an old Parma Yokomo motor, is black and has a sticker on it with yokomo written in fluo green. I've no idea of the specs, number of turns, RPMs.....

Any one can help?

Bye.

WWD

[Malakite]

I have an old Parma Yokomo motor, is black and has a sticker on it with yokomo written in fluo green. I've no idea of the specs, number of turns, RPMs.....

Any one can help?

Bye.

WWD

Thats right it was a Parma Yokomo 'modified'! I have no idea the turns etc also, but I'd love to find out! Mine was like a dark red colour but it was all like graphics/stickers?

[NJhopper]

I have a few but no lettering on the cans at all. But They have bushings and run them on my dyno about 25,000 rpm-26,500 rpm so Im guess they are about 27 turns?

[wildwillydriver]

I have a few but no lettering on the cans at all. But They have bushings and run them on my dyno about 25,000 rpm-26,500 rpm so Im guess they are about 27 turns?

The one i have "Black with green sticker", runs on ball bearings and runs strong, i have no dyno to test it but seems something like a 19T. Will post some pictures.

Bye

WWD

[Malakite]

The one i have "Black with green sticker", runs on ball bearings and runs strong, i have no dyno to test it but seems something like a 19T. Will post some pictures.

Bye

WWD

How would these motors have compare to a technigold then?

[emory70]

this brings up an idea i had a while back. licensing issues aside, i think it'd be sweet to reprint vintage motor decals for new or even brushless motors. of course a close inspection would reveal the truth, but i believe it would be a killer trick

[wildwillydriver]

This is mine! Anyone know something about it? Turns RPMs....

I've 2 of these.

Bye

WWD

[Malakite]

This is mine! Anyone know something about it? Turns RPMs....

I've 2 of these.

Bye

WWD

Mine had different decals on it but looked pretty similar to this, it was SO FAST!!

[sosidge]

This is mine! Anyone know something about it? Turns RPMs....

I've 2 of these.

Bye

WWD

That style of motor is a shade before my time - I had a Parma "Cyclone stock" in '88 and they had a range of Cyclone modifieds too - it's probably mid-80s, in that era a "hot" wind would be about 21 turns! I would be surprised if it is anything lower than a 19 or maybe 17 turn. Combined with the less developed magnet and brush technology, these motors are very slow by modern standards. Nice period pieces though for vintage cars.

Always worth a repost of this video to see how slow the fastest cars in the world were in 1987... http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=9cJLvSa9CcA

[Live Steam Mad]

Now you see there's the problem for me of modern RC buggies in a nutshell, everyone seems to think these 1987 buggies were slow when to me they were very fast and I HATE the speeds that the modern buggies get up to, it spoils it for me. LOL.

Nice video! Great to watch the CAT vs. Optima Mid !

Cheers,

Alistair G.

[tsan_derson]

I've got one of these in a beat up Kyosho Gallop.

Not sure how many winds it is though.

[Malakite]

I've got one of these in a beat up Kyosho Gallop.

Not sure how many winds it is though.

YES YES THATS THE ONE! I'm almost CERTAIN that's the motor I had. I was sooooooooo fast, can you find out somehow how many turns that one is? How many out of interest was a Technigold because I reckon it was easily as powerful as that to be honest!!

Any way we can test your motor??

[Malakite]

Now you see there's the problem for me of modern RC buggies in a nutshell, everyone seems to think these 1987 buggies were slow when to me they were very fast and I HATE the speeds that the modern buggies get up to, it spoils it for me. LOL.

Nice video! Great to watch the CAT vs. Optima Mid !

Cheers,

Alistair G.

Just seen the Punky Brewster clip, fantastic stuff!