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On a different note, 70-80hrs of flight on a set of motors is truly amazing.
Ashimda that made me take one more look at my motors because trust me, I have literally abused those motors to a very good extent and to add to that some spectacular crashes which those motors withstood before giving up eventually (2 of them dented and unmovable).
I think they are the real deal with only 2 difference being,"firepower from china" mentioned on it, and box came without any barcode stickers. Everything else such as holes are counter sunk, bearings are slotted, shaft isnt extruding and almost everything else matches with original sunnysky including the c-clip. I have one motor, bought later which has mentioned "made in China" instead of "firepower from china" however again everything else remains the same.
Since the motors were packed, I just checked for the bar-code and bearing initially, which led me to earlier conclusion. Had to clean the bearing to see the slots.
How were your motor different from the original?
I also happened to check the rcsunnysky.com and you can see crooked winding in a couple of pics of the motors for ex:
http://www.rcsunnysky.com/html/2014/xseries_0916/10.htmlSo my opinion is, we can leave the stickers and lil bit of crooked windings out of context.
Easier way to identify the fake is the c-clip, fonts and packaging(ziplocks)
And buddy we are on the same boat, I would feel cheated if what I bought were fake! but where would the onus lie? Thats what is troubling me, specifically what about people who bought them at an earlier date and may have damaged the motors. And what about the guys ignorant about the issue.
PS: Ashimda I hope the LHS you bought from has either stopped selling those motors after coming to know the truth or have now appropriately labelled them. $hit happens. Otherwise you have every right to warn us off.