colvid

Crashed Super Cub with 2808 Scorpion motor into about 4 inches of mud. Friend said I would have to hose the motor and I thought sure, but when I disassembled it, I realized he was right.
Placed under a water facet and cleaned it with an old tooth brush and immediately dried it with a hot air blower. It seems to run okay but is there anything that should can be done?
Thanks
Larry

rmenke

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colvid:

I would have run some rust inhibitor oil in the bearings also. Interesting that one of the things regularly done on brushed motors is to run them underwater for breakin. Thought that was insane, but it works just fine, DC power different than AC in this regard. Good luck. ENJOY

colvid

Will do on the rust inhibitor and interesting on break in; thought the water would damage the windings. Learn something everyday

ron_van_sommeren

ALL winding wire is lacquer/resin insulated.

Testing brushless motors after a mishap:
http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35216
&
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240993

Prettig weekend Ron

toywizard

Dude ? you got mud???

Lucky.......I got a warm day finally 11° f 14" deep of frost........ and a couple feet of snow.

Cant wait for MUD season , or up here its called spring or May.



lol

pilotpete2

Toywizard,
I'd be very happy for Mud Season to be here already, yet
You going to the auction in Bow, NH next Saturday?
Pete

toywizard

Prob won't have time...........we will see. I run my home machine shop full time now so weekends are when I can get them anytime. lol

colvid

Ron:

Both threads you provided are great, especially the one started.

Have a great weekend.

Larry.