Castle - Make A Special Edition Monster

Every ESC has it's strengths and weaknesses. I am just saying I would be willing to pay a premium for an ESC that incorporates all the strengths. I guess I am just tired of paying for things that cut corners to keep cost down for the masses. I rather pay for quality upfront instead of having to mod things or buy two or three. You aren't really saving money in the long run.

MGM: I like their design and they run cool. However, the programming and braking seem to need some work

Quark: Really smooth ESC, but has heat issues

Monster Max: Great programming capability, but needs better case design to be really durable.

Tekin: Vaporware...

To me castle is the closest. I know people wanted 6s, but honestly, I would have taken an updated regular Mamba for 4s with a better case design and incorporated BEC. My modded regular mamba worked flawlessly on 4s with the bec except for the crappy plastic case. I think if Castle really challenges themselves, they can come up with a better case design that is more durable and won't exceed the cost that the masses are willing to pay. The current design isn't good for anything except running your truck at 60mph up and down the street which I am sure is what most bashers are going to be doing, but it won't last more than a couple of trips to the track.

Here is what is needed:

1) threaded heat sink, so we can screw the fan directly to it like on the old school Mambas

2) a single piece case that uses screws to access the ESC guts. Not those little wimpy screws from the old Mamba. Has screws that allow direct screwing to the chassis or a top plate.

[jhautz]

Screw it. Why wait for CC to do it. We could be here till we are old and grey witing for that. It sounds like all you really want is a new case thats tougher. Lets just design one to fit the MMM guts, make it and sell it as an aftermarket upgrade. Its not all that hard to do.

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by Edumakated

The current design isn't good for anything except running your truck at 60mph up and down the street which I am sure is what most bashers are going to be doing, but it won't last more than a couple of trips to the track.

Sorry but I must disagree. I can't imagine how you drive your cars, but I've had the Mamba Max since its release, and had lots of huge high speed cartwheels and awkward landings on some big jumps and have never, ever, damaged the mamba case in any way. Filled it with sand, mud and dirt, yes, but cracked or damaged it? No.

The only way I've managed to hurt/kill my mamba is when I tried to perform Arturs mod's myself with innappropriate tools, and ended up destroying a bunch of the SMCs...

FWIW I don't think high speed runs count as bashing... bashing tends to be the hardest on your truck out of any form of driving, hence the name: bashing. For the most part, bashing is the youtube vids you see of kids driving there car off cliffs and hitting quater pipes and crappy home made shapeless launch ramps etc, only to try and land on flat ground in the middle of the road pfft *shudders* makes me cringe everytime I see them.