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Here are the pictures of the storm I received. I put up pics next to my nedz and dragonfly to show the sizing relative to some of the more popular rotaries. So the verdict is in and it's a good rotary machine for the price. I think it's a great machine if you want to get an idea of how a rotary machine hits, etc. good for those that only have used coils or have only used the more typical china type rotary machines. It is very similar to the stealth but I think it hits a little better and obviously in a nicer frame. hahaha Yea, it does look like the offspring of the ben wright and the swiss/stealth. I can't say how it works compared to the original swiss since I don't own one and nor do I intend to spend around 600 on a swiss when I can get another dragonfly or so.

Because I do like to tinker with rotaries and want to build one of these days, I took it apart and the motor looks identical to the nedz. I also took apart the motor from the knockoff swiss/stealth version from needlejig and the motors looked like that as well but when I ran the motors by themselves, it is definitely better than the cheap china knockoff ones like the needlejig "introductory" swiss/stealth version. It definitely ran like a japanese motor but I can't say it is Mabuchi since there were no markings but atleast it ran better than the chinese motor I compared it to.

Overall, a good rotary machine to use and if you are on a budget. I can say it is a little louder than the dragonfly and wont hit harder than my Blitz. I think it's good for apprentices or someone who just wants to get a feel of a rotary machine. Anyways, just my 2 cents