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I also had another theory. I'm just thinking out loud here. You mentioned earlier that maybe I could just reverse the prop to get it to produce the proper thrust deflection. For you guys that have tail motors burn out, maybe reversing the lead wires and props might be the answer. These are DC motors and are only meant to run in one direction. If they are run in the opposit direction, the brushes/magnets give up and cease to work. This is just a Theory and in no way am saying it is correct, I'm just thinking out loud to see what others might say.
Jim
yeah, you're absolutely right. The brushes when arranged in a push situation instead of a dragging situation will eventually get caught on one of the splines on the commutator and it will bend it backwards and bend it over backwards. For some good pics of what I am talking about, check out the break-in post over in the electric heli forum =)