Castle - Make A Special Edition 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.

[jhautz]

Or how about a RC-Monster - Special Edition MM with these specs. I kinda like the sound of that.

[RC-Monster Mike]

I actually spoke with Lee and one of the Castle engineers about OEMing just such a controller at the RCX show - they suggested the mamba pro was just this(except I would prefer an additional lead for link programming and fan power - easier to unplug the fan for programming vs. messing with the rx) - they didn't mention a lower current limit, though(I agree with the sentiment that this lower power handling is a bit of a disappointment). :)

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by RC-Monster Mike

I actually spoke with Lee and one of the Castle engineers about OEMing just such a controller at the RCX show - they suggested the mamba pro was just this(except I would prefer an additional lead for link programming and fan power - easier to unplug the fan for programming vs. messing with the rx) - they didn't mention a lower current limit, though(I agree with the sentiment that this lower power handling is a bit of a disappointment). :)

That's a really good idea. When I did fans on my mm I just used a 3mm tap into the hs and ran a lead back from the bec (4S/5S use.) This already done cleaner w/ a switching BEC would be +++.

The usb frustrates me as well. Its a great idea in theory, but the plug never seems to be in the right place. A little dongle would be great.

The MM works quite well on smaller or overpowered 1/8ths. The trug I'm about to do now I'd really like to run 5S on, but there is a gap in US controllers able to do that w/o being overkill. I don't need 200A capability, but 100A and 5S would be king. I can live w/o 6S.