Castle looking ESC coming to hobbyking

[thzero]

Well batteries are disposable. You use them and then get rid of them when they come to the end of their life. Sure electronics like an ESC can also wear out, etc. but you'll go through a lot more batteries than ESCs.

Frankly CC makes a quality product at a competitive price. Hacker, Flightpower, etc. make a quality product, but not at a real competitive price. No way they could sell for what HK, etc. do, of course. However, the difference in price is quite extreme. For bashing, Flightpower, etc. dont make a lot of sense but for racing, sure its another story.

Another reason too, is that often Flightpower, etc. don't necesarily make batteries in the cell/ratings that bashers are interested in.

Originally Posted by Byte

But WHY, WHY does (almost) everyone defend CC? And why does HK gets bashed like this? About 90% of those CC defenders buy cheapass Zippy (Turnigy/Flightmax/whatever they're called) LiPo's. Why don't they buy the real Flightpower, Hacker, Kokam cells?

[padrino]

Originally Posted by thzero

Well batteries are disposable. You use them and then get rid of them when they come to the end of their life. Sure electronics like an ESC can also wear out, etc. but you'll go through a lot more batteries than ESCs.

With batteries that last hundreds of cycles do you really think that is the case? I have lost more MMM & RX8 ESCs over time then I have Thunder Power batteries (just about the only thing I run).

[thzero]

Originally Posted by padrino

With batteries that last hundreds of cycles do you really think that is the case? I have lost more MMM & RX8 ESCs over time then I have Thunder Power batteries (just about the only thing I run).

Never lost in ESCs myself, but I've only been bashing.