Took the opportunity now that I've upped the airframe to one metre square to re-rig the electronic speed controllers (ESCs) and in an upright position to facilitate both connecting and cooling. These babies handle substantial currents beside substantial variations in current, and are more likely to fail than the motors.
But having glued them in place, some reached the motor and some didn't.
Where'd I go wrong?
Turns out I didn't, and somewhere along the way I've accrued four with a longer set of leads and four with a shorter.
Whether they emerged from manufacture like this I couldn't say, but you take the rough with the smooth at this end of the scale.