Does anyone have specs on the 42 mm ElectriStar C-42 brushless outrunner motor. All my Lipo packs are 3-cell, I don't fly DC motors, have little purpose for a 2-cell pack and have little desire to build up a stock of useless 2-cells just for this plane. All I need to know is whether the motor will hold up to a 11.1V 3-cell Lipo. Not finding specs on the C-42 anywhere online, I called Hobbico Tech Support long distance at my expense this morning and found my inquiry about the C-42 less than warmly received. The Support Tech I spoke with was unwilling to discuss the C-42, claiming that "they have not received that motor from the manufacturer to examine it", and "that they have no data to date on it". What...!? How can that be...the plane itself has been on store shelves for 6 months!?

Hobbico's Support Tech was unhelpful and very uncooperative, repeating himself at ever juncture... "I have no specs"... "I have no information"... "I can not advise you". My explaination that my questions were "Pre-Sales" in nature and that I was needing the motor specs to better make an informed purchase of an ElectriStar, served only to annoy him, to which I again received the same reply in shorter tone of voice and to which I found myself apologizing for annoying him. For my 10 min. long distance call I got nothing from Hobbico about the C-42 except a condescending superior attitude.

Why all the non-information on a plane that's been in production for 6 months? Why does no one have any published data on the C-42 motor? If, as is speculated, the C-42 is just a re-branded version of an existing motor, why not fess up so the hobbist can research the data and move on? Why all the secrecy about this stupid little motor... or... is this just on par with the way Hobbico runs things?