23A @ 9V!!!!! bloody hell!! Rob, what have you done?..thats drawing WAY too much current, either your gear ratio is too low or you have very stiff bearings!
Mind you, are you talking about start up load or continious running load?
Scorpion Evilution draws around a 50A peak load on start up reducing very quickly to around a 12A running load.
(and that is for TWO Astroflights!)