RS540-35T Brushed Motor

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Aug 04, 2015

The motor looks nice, specs are nice, price is OK.

Received it a couple of days ago, went into my Vattera TH. Before I had Hackmoto 45t in, wanted some more speed from it.
Hackmoto 45t was a bit more expensive, no condensers, no wires.

So, HK prepared motor to be usable out of the box. I did a break-in procedure on low RPM in water. Water got black in 5 minutes...

Opened the motor and found out that brushes are 30pcnt shorter than competitor, made only of graphite (not copper/graphite sinter mix)

Housing for brushes made of nickel plated steel opposed to copper made from Hackmoto, so lower conductivity, lower heat conductivity from brushes, all contributing to shorter lifetime.

Main shaft is ball bearing and runs quiet.

It also handled 3S until now, a bit hot.

OK for price
OK for quality
OK for value.

Could be worse, could be better. Your choice what works out for you best ;-)