Motor feels chunky

[Burb]

One of my motors feels a little more "chunky" than the others when I turn it by hand. It seems to fly fine. Should I be concerned?

 

[Acroduster]

Do a search on this forum on motor maintenance, bearings, and lubrication.

 

[User Name]

It might be totally normal. Have a watch of this and see if it's what you're seeing:

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[DJMc]

Thanks for the link - I though I had noticed 'stiff bearings' too, but was also convinced it was on different motors at different times - it all makes sense now.

Much appreciated.

 

[Burb]

Very interesting. Will have to check if it goes away. Or if it's always one particular motor.

 

[User Name]

Yup, I had noticed the same thing on a few of my quads. It would come and go, and I couldn't pinpoint it to being a specific motor. I worried it was a motor getting ready to seize up, but searched and came across that video.