That leaves skill in winding selection of wire diamater and number of turns (and possibly parallel winding), balancing the armature, selecting parts, breaking in technique and a couple of other factors I’m sure I’ve forgotten about as the only deciding factors, If I was entering I’d consider other areas where I can get performance gains such a possibly hand crafting brushes from 1:10 motors, placing them to advance/retard timing and so on … IMHO a clever “scam” to get a free motor, but the pay off for the winner for the cost of a motor and postage is pretty sweet, an independent (hopefully) review endorsing your product, bragging rights, a nelly, and a line on customers desperate to get the fastest motor + turbo combo out there from ph2t and yourself … as for the other entrants, they wind up down on some time and the postage costs (BTW if it hasn’t been suggested how about doing a group mail out to reduce costs? It might make the idea more paletable) on the up side they have an idea of how their skills compare and they may be able to improve their motor crafting skills with that feed back, and if someone comes up with a revolutionary change (IE a non PD that will perform better) then everyone may benefit.
so if you feel that’s a worthwhile trade off it’s a scam with no losers 🙂 (If you don’t dont enter 🙂
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