Castle - Make A Special Edition Monster

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

The MM isn't made to handle 5S - -the back-EMF resistors and sense resistors are wrong, plus the linears are overloaded at 5S...

I'll look into making a 5s capable control board for the MM -- if you think that will be sufficient.

Thanx!

I'm tellin ya. I'd buy 2 right now. The MM power board with a heat sink that has a 25mm fan mount and switching BEC and the proper control board for 5s and Rx plug/CastleLink programaing. Thats a winner in my book and all I would ever need for my 1/8 track buggy.

Call it the Lil'Monster or something. Or the MM De'Lux. Or maybe the Sidewinder Monster instead of Mamba Monster

[RC-Monster Mike]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

The MM isn't made to handle 5S - -the back-EMF resistors and sense resistors are wrong, plus the linears are overloaded at 5S...

I'll look into making a 5s capable control board for the MM -- if you think that will be sufficient.

Thanx!

Add a switching BEC and true 5s capability to the mm controller and you have a winner imo. The size is much more ideal(particularly for buggies) vs. the monster and the controller with a fan is plenty capable with some sense. I have a few of these MM controllers in buggies and truggies - running 4s and 5s. With a fan, they have never thermalled or even gotten above 130F even in hard use. I do have to discharge my 5s packs a bit to get them to work well (about 20.6 volts or so).
In reality, I think the 1/8 use less current on average vs. a comp level 1/10 touring car in race conditions - less traction and more voltage. The spikes are higher, but the average current is lower. :)

[jhautz]

I'm on board. MM, 5s capable and Switching BEC. Same footprint as MM.

Patrick, If you build it they will come.

[Arct1k]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

I'll look into making a 5s capable control board for the MM -- if you think that will be sufficient.

Would be perfect for CRT .5's & buggies - To be honest all my vehicles.... x1cr, 2 crt.5's, hyper st, g3r

[SunnyHouTX]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

The MM isn't made to handle 5S - -the back-EMF resistors and sense resistors are wrong, plus the linears are overloaded at 5S...

I'll look into making a 5s capable control board for the MM -- if you think that will be sufficient.

Thanx!

Please do! And give me enough advance notice so I can sell off all my current MMs to be replaced 1:1 with 5S MMs.

[BrianG]

5s and 100A is plenty for the MM IMO, but you know that if you DO make it 5s capable, people will complain when they try to push 6s. But, if you do that, put something that will not arm over 5s kinda like you did with the MMM on 6s.

[BrianG]

lol, with all the ESCs that are being suggested, we're gonna need a chart to compare the features to figure out where each ESC sits in the heirarchy!

[jhautz]

They have this one already though... Just put the MMM brains on the MM power board. they could have that one done by the end of the month.




Actually... It sounds like they have done it already with the MM Pro Patrick mentioned. Just dont take off the fets they were going to remove to keep the price lower.

[BrianG]

Hmm. Makes me wonder when we are going to see an integrated solution with the silicon for all the FETs in one package. large power input and motor output leads and small gate drive leads. Seems like it would sove the problem of getting things to fit...

[DLS II]

I think 6s-A123 would be nice. On my current build I'm going to try to run 6s A123.(MP-6 with Rimfire 42-60-600 outrunner in place of center diff) To do that I'll have to use my Schulze 18-61K and hope it will hold as I know my MM won't handle the voltage. Don

[MTBikerTim]

Your Mamba Max Pro sounds perfect except that the current handling ability will be down on the Mamba Max. I am with the others and think it would be better go keep them the same. I am sure there are good reasons for doing it but I would have thought the cost savings made by replacing the MM with the pro manufacturing and time wise would offset the cost of the extra fets to keep the current handling the same if not better. The only other thing I would like to see on the MMPro would be protected capacitors like your newer escs.

Can't wait to see whatever comes out.

I agree with 5s capabilities with MM.....

[Happywing]

This is sounding like a controller I would like to have. I've run the MM in my 1/8's for quite a while now and they do great. I've always said, "if it was just a tiny bit more robust, it would be perfect."

[Dagger Thrasher]

Sounds good to me. The MM Pro sounds fantastic. All I'd do, like everyone else has suggested, is keep the current handling at the same level as the MM's and sell it for a slightly higher price...which would justify its "Pro" tag IMO. It'd be a great controller for 1/8th buggies and powerful 1/10th setups, and then there's the MMM for truggies and monsters. Perfect line-up!

[BL_RV0]

MM Pro. The perfect controller for my Hyper ST- 5s with a Neu 1512 2.5d.... This is a dream come true- The MMM is too big because I've found that the MM is about the max size I can fit on my radio tray with my receiver also, and I don't want to push either of my MM's over 4s. On the BEC for the MM Pro, can you make it so that it can handle a very high torque servo easier than the CC BEC? I have a bit of stuttering when I use the CC BEC with my DS8711 in my E-maxx. (Yes, I have verified that it is the BEC and servo combo, the BEC works fine with any other servo, and the servo works fine with a 5 cell RX pack.) Do you have an approximate release date/price for the MM Pro? You could call it MM-R or something.