Big Jim's RC Motor Black Book

Rating:
Summary: Excellent compilation, some organizational problems
Review: Big Jim's Motor Black Book is a compilation of advice written by Jim Greenemeyer on various web forums over the past several years. Hank Hagquist compiled, organized and published the information in this paperback volume. Big Jim covers all kinds of tricky questions about RC car motors -- timing, brush selection, comm cutting, gearing selection, maintenance and cleaning, etc.

My only criticism: the book is fairly disorganized, despite Hank's noble attempts to impose order on it. It's a collection of chatty, first-person essays loosely organized into titled chapters. At times it can be difficult to follow, and more reference information would be welcome for RC novices. However, there is a tremendous amount of valuable information here for the RC car performance enthusiast, and it is not available in compiled form anywhere else.