Mamba Pro - for all you tech-heads

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Patrick, since the MMPro is ready to release, is it ok for me to post a mini-review here from the beta testing?

Yes, since the first set are shipping today, you can openly talk about your experiences with the MMP.

Thanx!

[glassdoctor]

Sweet, so beta testers are getting ours shipped today????

[Happywing]

The MMP is sweet! I only tried it up to 3s, but I did overgear the snot out of a Tekin 17.5 in both a T4 and SC10. My motor got very hot, but the controller was bearly warm. Never got the fan to turn on. I also tried running the sensored 17.5 with no sensor cable on 3s....surprisingly smooth.

[snellemin]

Originally Posted by Happywing

The MMP is sweet! I only tried it up to 3s, but I did overgear the snot out of a Tekin 17.5 in both a T4 and SC10. My motor got very hot, but the controller was bearly warm. Never got the fan to turn on. I also tried running the sensored 17.5 with no sensor cable on 3s....surprisingly smooth.

I had slight cogging with the LRP motors in sensorless mode. No cogging with the orion motors.

well i had a orion 13.5 motor band new and was being dumb and ran it on 4s in my sc10 , i was going as fast as my buddys losi 8e ( MMM 2200KV) and smoked the motor ! unsoldered it self , by time i took it out of the truck the motor was at 267 , but the speedo was cool as can be . love the MMP

[gixxer]

Mine was great when run in sensored mode. I had to take the fan off to run it in my rb5 buggy but it ran cool. I really liked that you could adjust the bec voltage. Came in handy when I moved the esc over to my sc10 because I was still running the stock servo.

No problems when running with the high turn brushless motors (17.5,13.5,10.5) were cogging can be a problem. The cheat feature also come in very handy cause in these spec class I really am looking to get all the power possible.

Only problem I had was after the testing I put it in my 8th scale. On 6s the bec would overheat before the pack would dump. Shouldn't be a problem now since they have updated the bec unit.

Should be great for light weight buggy setups. Only things I didn't like were that you cant really replace the wires and you really need the PC to setup. For the price I think its a great deal though.

I think this will probably end up going in the new traxxas 4x4 slash.

[snellemin]

These are what I ran. Amps were peak if I remember correctly. It's been a while.

Hacker C50 Maxx 14.4 110.90A
Hacker C50 6L 148.88A
LRP X10 4star 120.78A
LRP X11 3.5T 107A
LRP X12 3T 99.32A
Orion 2.5T Forgot to log it.
Tekno Neu 1515 1.5D 138.88A
With the 2.5T motor there was more cogging then the mamba max.(Mamba Max has 4 additional caps installed though)

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by snellemin

These are what I ran. Amps were peak if I remember correctly. It's been a while.

Hacker C50 Maxx 14.4 110.90A
Hacker C50 6L 148.88A
LRP X10 4star 120.78A
LRP X11 3.5T 107A
LRP X12 3T 99.32A
Orion 2.5T Forgot to log it.
Tekno Neu 1515 1.5D 138.88A
With the 2.5T motor there was more cogging then the mamba max.(Mamba Max has 4 additional caps installed though)

With the MM Pro capable of handling these kind of figures ampwise, would it be suitable in an E maxx on 6s?

Geared for 35-40mph. Geared conservatively with let's say a 1500kv 4 pole motor?

I love it's features! I want one badly.

The small footprint and size of this esc opens up new setup options.

[gixxer]

Mine has run with a novak 17.5, novak 13.5, novak 10.5, lrp and tekin 9.5's. Then in my 8th scale with a losi 1300kv. The esc will either end up in my hyper 9e with the tekin 1400kv motor on 6s or in the new traxxas 4x4 slash with a 3s setup.

[snellemin]

I believe it would be able to do it. I compare MMpro to the Quark 80B.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by snellemin

I believe it would be able to do it. I compare MMpro to the Quark 80B.

Actually, the Quark 125B is a better comparison since it has the same performance characteristics as the regular MM current-wise. Early batches of the MM had the same FET part and quantity as the 125B.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Actually, the Quark 125B is a better comparison since it has the same performance characteristics as the regular MM current-wise. Early batches of the MM had the same FET part and quantity as the 125B.

Hmmm, so i wonder if the mmpro will really like 6s... I know the 125b was not fond of 6s fully peaked. The new fet for the MMP is different, i wonder if it is better? This should be a great 5-6s esc for a light 8th buggy.

[BrianG]

It wasn't an FET thing on the Quark that caused it not to "like" 6s. IIRC, the MMM uses the same 4108N FETs (just more of them), and it arms fine. Must have been some other component(s) or software/firmware that caused it.

[snellemin]

Dunno man. The "feel" I got of the MMpro was just like how the 80B behaved. I still have one first gen MM that I use and it doesn't behave like my 125B. Hardware might be the same but software sure plays a role in how the ESC behaves.

[RC-Monster Mike]

Not sure when they will arrive, but we have them on order and should have them around the same time as anyone/everyone else. I will post when I have some tracking. :)