WES Technik Micro DC 5-2.4

I've seen this listed by people on the board many times but have never found a good thread describing this motors performance.
If is better and lasts longer than the Ikarus tail motor I'll spend the extra money in a second.
Is anyone still using this for a tail motor.
Specs at this web site

Does it have more power than the stock Ikarus motor.
Does it last longer on eight cells, if not would it be ok with a jmp hf9.

Hi Tom!

I have it, it is a little bit bigger than the original Ikarus motor, and might work for a longer period than the Ikarus motor, BUT. With a high frq. tail esc like the JMP, the original Ikarus motor continue to work good for a very very long period, so I think the original or a cheap copy of the original motor in combination with a high frq. tail esc. is the way to go.

It is not the motor but the esc. that make the big difference.

Regards

Paul

Tom,

I have tried it more than a year ago. It is roughly twice as powerful than the stock motor, but it weighs 10 grams as opposed to 5 grams, which makes the tail sluggish and shifts your COG way back. Efficiency is much better, of course, but the added weight more than compensates for this.

Finally, it will last only a couple dozen flights with the picoboard, even at 7 cells, so an HF9 is mandatory.

But hey, with an HF9, the stock motor is just fine, so why bother with an expensive replacement.

The DC5-2.4 is best in a WES-Technik Deltastar. 78 grams of thrust in a 83 gram aerobatic plane... One of my all-time favourites.

Thanks for the replies. I won't bother with it.
I'm not exactly sure why but the tail on my Pic is holding in place now.
Changed too many things at once to be sure what the exact problem was.
Now I'm using a Pixie lite ,Gy-240 gyro, and it's working just fine.My JMP HF9 should show up tommorrow and I'm sure that will help out as well.
Could even have been as simple as pinching the connectors which had become loose over time.
I gotta start taking my own advice of only changing one thing at a time.