Brushless Controller
 

Is this anny good Castle Creations Phoenix-110 High Voltage ESC Brushless controller.

http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...nixhv-110.html

For a car controller?

I emailed Castle, and their advise was not to use it in a truck...

I don't understand why though, a controller with a heatsink, what can go wrong..? I just called them, got their answering machine..

what is liked to know is if this controller is able to work in a savage with a mechanical brake.. (forgot to ask them than in the email)

The only thing is that it has no reverse!!

WHO CARES!!!??? In the land you're living you don't need it to go reverse.. ;)

Maby that is why they don't recommend it?

I will find out..

You can put 36 cells or 12 lipo's on it
And a continuous 110amps not bad for that price
it looks cool to.:cool:

If you race. You don't supposed to use reverse. If in a savage with the reverse servo you still have reverse.

Airplane controllers shouldn't be used since they aren't made to handle the high peaks that a car will experience.

hahaha - dont scare me like that!!! Just got the 160/24 for the LST! -lol-

It is in the behaviour of the FET or transistor to handle peaks. Normally airplane controller are not suitable, because they don't use a heatsink.

*gets down on knees and starts praying*

Where can i get a heatsink to fit my 160/24 and how do i attatch it?? -lol-

Since Mr. Constructor was the one that recommended that controller, it should be fine. It can take 160amps continuous, which is a LOT. It can take higher peaks. If you could get a fan running over it, it should be fine. You would have to cut the heatshrink and using thermal epoxy to get a heatsink on.

I emailed Castle a few months ago about this controller. I was told that the warranty would be void if it is used in a monster truck. They also said they have never tested it using a pistal grip radio.

One of the features listed is: I'm not sure if this feature is going to be helpful in a MT application.

If you do get one, let us know how it works out.

i say go ahead and do it! take teh risk since u bought it already. If it works, u got a awesome car controller! and then we can all follow in ur foosteps! if it dont! then u got a smoldering pile of plastic! Oviously, the positive would outweight the negative, since ur helping ALOT of peple.