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Darth Santa Fe
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If you ever wanted to know what's inside and how it all works, here you go!
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Very informative. I never knew any HO manufacturers used ball bearings in their motors like that.
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Darth Santa Fe
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Rivarossi was the only one to use them regularly like this as far as I know. From the history I read, Rossi was kind of a perfectionist and wouldn't be satisfied in the earlier years until the motor performance was as consistent as possible, and he achieved that with the ball bearings.
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