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jsr · 03.08.2009, 09:03 PM

Yeah, the Hobbywing ESC is HUGE on the crt.5.

Grey - can you post a pic of the Hobbywing next to the MMM to get an idea of size difference?

I can't comment on the quality of electronic components. Having been in the electronics component industry, virtually all are made in china by a fairly small amount of fabs. If you consider the die in the components, there are fewer still for fabs. The 2 brands may share more in common in terms of electronic components used than you think. As for software and the amount of thought put into ease of use/programming, the CCs definitely have the edge. Yeah, the Hobbywing manuals leave much to be desired. I just play around with them until I figure it out. Luckily though, with the program card, it's easy to program. I'm glad I got that with it. The CCs also has the advantage of additional programming features with the CastleLink with setting throttle curves and the like, but I've never found myself changing those and only change the "basic" settings, which are for the most part the same as the Hobbywing settings. For the money, I've been happy with my Hobbywing ESCs. I just picked up a 150A to try in my TTR ST-1 truggy. I'm thinking about picking up another 1/8 truggy to convert to BL too, and may pick up an EZRun 80A ESC and motor combo since they're relatively so inexpensive (the complete 80A combo for about the price of a new MM ESC). I'll see how the 150A does in my ST-1. It will be replacing a MM (which might be for sale if I like the EZRun more).

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jsr RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 212 Join Date: Feb 2009	03.08.2009, 09:03 PM Yeah, the Hobbywing ESC is HUGE on the crt.5. Grey - can you post a pic of the Hobbywing next to the MMM to get an idea of size difference? I can't comment on the quality of electronic components. Having been in the electronics component industry, virtually all are made in china by a fairly small amount of fabs. If you consider the die in the components, there are fewer still for fabs. The 2 brands may share more in common in terms of electronic components used than you think. As for software and the amount of thought put into ease of use/programming, the CCs definitely have the edge. Yeah, the Hobbywing manuals leave much to be desired. I just play around with them until I figure it out. Luckily though, with the program card, it's easy to program. I'm glad I got that with it. The CCs also has the advantage of additional programming features with the CastleLink with setting throttle curves and the like, but I've never found myself changing those and only change the "basic" settings, which are for the most part the same as the Hobbywing settings. For the money, I've been happy with my Hobbywing ESCs. I just picked up a 150A to try in my TTR ST-1 truggy. I'm thinking about picking up another 1/8 truggy to convert to BL too, and may pick up an EZRun 80A ESC and motor combo since they're relatively so inexpensive (the complete 80A combo for about the price of a new MM ESC). I'll see how the 150A does in my ST-1. It will be replacing a MM (which might be for sale if I like the EZRun more).