What do motor "sizes" mean?

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_ - 13 Nov 2007 15:25 GMT

I get my motors from old machinery or the surplus bins.

I see designations such as "540" for normal RC motors. To what do these
sizes refer?

Kevin - 13 Nov 2007 18:48 GMT

> I get my motors from old machinery or the surplus bins.
>
> I see designations such as "540" for normal RC motors. To what do these
> sizes refer?

length of the can, 540 is 54mm long, 380 is 38mm long or I could be
completely wrong but it seems to work out like that

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