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Old 06-12-2012, 06:08 PM
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Woodie, I see where they state 565g. I wonder if that is a typo? Anyways, I too am a bit disappointed to learn that this motor is on the "heavy" side. Truth is I never weighed mine as it came already installed in my new Pegasus (thanks Larry!) Also, I know I keep beating this dead horse, but the 25-12 spins a 20.5 x 14.5 faster than the Advance at a cost of about 5 to 10 amps but with 70g less weight so I am certain Plettenberg could have made the Advance lighter if they tried.

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Woodie, I see where they state 565g. I wonder if that is a typo? Anyways, I too am a bit disappointed to learn that this motor is on the ''heavy'' side. Truth is I never weighed mine as it came already installed in my new Pegasus (thanks Larry!) Also, I know I keep beating this dead horse, but the 25-12 spins a 20.5 x 14.5 faster than the Advance at a cost of about 5 to 10 amps but with 70g less weight so I am certain Plettenberg could have made the Advance lighter if they tried.

and,

Jason, You should have been a comedian


Hi Joe,

Yes, I must have missed my calling in life. One has to always look at the bright side.. lol

Cheers,
Jason.
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ORIGINAL: 2Sunny

Woodie, I see where they state 565g. I wonder if that is a typo? Anyways, I too am a bit disappointed to learn that this motor is on the ''heavy'' side. Truth is I never weighed mine as it came already installed in my new Pegasus (thanks Larry!) Also, I know I keep beating this dead horse, but the 25-12 spins a 20.5 x 14.5 faster than the Advance at a cost of about 5 to 10 amps but with 70g less weight so I am certain Plettenberg could have made the Advance lighter if they tried.

and,

Jason, You should have been a comedian


Joe, mine weighed 567g right out of the box, sans prop mounting hardware. The little collet base must be used, but a much lighter bolt and prop washer could be substituted. The F3AU motor mount is pretty light. I hate to make wild-@$$ guesses because I didn't weigh it, but the total mounting hardware was probably about 40g, and front-rear mounting is much eaiser than a firewall.

Flying it this weekend (mounted in the Caelestia) at Stormville all day Sat and Sun if you can make it. Hope you can make it to Pocono.


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