When for monster maxx?

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by MacII

The only MMM sighting was in a Barbie PowerWagon or some such foolishness.

DM

That wasn't a MMM, that was two MM.

But by god, we have a 10A BEC. Woot. *yawn*

[Joe Ford]

Originally Posted by MacII

At least Tekin is running their product. The only MMM sighting was in a Barbie PowerWagon or some such foolishness.

DM

Actually, those were Mamba Max's...not Monster Max's. ;) And you know we're not running ours how???

Originally Posted by VintageMA

I wonder if the production of the CC BEC was a something that holding up the MMM (maybe?????) Could be a sign of what to expect if the MMM ever does come out - if so we might be looking at a 6S ESC with a built-in programmable switching BEC - that would be very nice :)

Getting warmer...

Originally Posted by BrianG

No, I would think the problems stem more from the programming aspect and trying to get it to work with all motors (noteably slotted stator types).

And warmer...

Gents, ALL of these are reasons product development takes time. Yes, we are working on software to run ALL motors. The MMM does have features and capability the MM does not. This also takes time. Developing our own motors is also in development, but we are looking into releasing the ESC first.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Joe Ford

Gents, ALL of these are reasons product development takes time. Yes, we are working on software to run ALL motors. The MMM does have features and capability the MM does not. This also takes time. Developing our own motors is also in development, but we are looking into releasing the ESC first.

It doesn't make any sense at all. I have tried the MM with a 4 and a 6 poles motors and it worked fine.

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by lutach

It doesn't make any sense at all. I have tried the MM with a 4 and a 6 poles motors and it worked fine.

True and Bomb-proof did pletty max and big max'es and no trouble. I think the problem is how the Neu's are built that the MM has trouble with, not the slot or not.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by crazyjr

True and Bomb-proof did pletty max and big max'es and no trouble. I think the problem is how the Neu's are built that the MM has trouble with, not the slot or not.

My MM worked fine with my Neu 1521 and 1527. My BBP truggy wasn't fast due to the low Kv of the motors, but it worked fine. The Neu are built kind of like the Aveox and the MM worked fine with it. Only a little cogging, but nothing out of control.

[Joe Ford]

Originally Posted by lutach

It doesn't make any sense at all. I have tried the MM with a 4 and a 6 poles motors and it worked fine.

Sensored and sensorless...all pole counts.

Originally Posted by gixxer

no offence but we have been hearing for months about castle looking into releasing the esc first. is there any info you can give? has any time table been set?

How can you give a timetable on something that you're inventing? We don't give out estimates for that reason...you never know when something you're inventing is going to be done until it is. ;)

[gixxer]

Originally Posted by Joe Ford

Gents, ALL of these are reasons product development takes time. Yes, we are working on software to run ALL motors. The MMM does have features and capability the MM does not. This also takes time. Developing our own motors is also in development, but we are looking into releasing the ESC first.

no offence but we have been hearing for months about castle looking into releasing the esc first. is there any info you can give? has any time table been set?

Originally Posted by Joe Ford

Actually, those were Mamba Max's...not Monster Max's. ;) And you know we're not running ours how???

Because Castle has not given us any information to the contrary.

Some expectations were set, certain teaser web pages were posted, certain comments from Castle reps were made, be it online or at events in person, and that created demand. Both demand for a product and demand for information. I've no doubt that proclaiming a ship date would be a mistake however perhaps bringing us into the fold of your development cycle would show us that work is being done, progress is being made and that there is in fact light at the end of this tunnel.

It happens often in may other industries. I'll give you one example, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. Announced over a year ago, horribly delayed, Microsoft has since released a "preview" web site (http://www.macoffice2008.com/) with all the info about the product, screen shots, requirements, specs, movies of it in action, you name it. Why? To make the wait seem shorter and to show it's potential customers that they are working to serve their needs.

Sure we want the physical MMM in our hands but you would be surprised how thirst quenching a little information can be.

Thanks for posting.

DM

[suicideneil]

@ Duster_360: The new Novak system will be out early '08 with a little luck.

Originally Posted by suicideneil

@ Duster_360: The new Novak system will be out early '08 with a little luck.

Thanks for that info, worth noting in the overall scheme of things for plans. I was going to get one now, but after dnloading the instructions and reading how they want it geared, no thanks, I want a little more speed than that, lol!

Will prob be out before we see a MMM.....

[suicideneil]

Aye, that was the case. Maybe CC should just bolt 2 MMs together in one plastic case and call it an MMM, then paint a feigao XL motor green to go with it....

[VintageMA]

I wonder if the production of the CC BEC was a something that holding up the MMM (maybe?????) Could be a sign of what to expect if the MMM ever does come out - if so we might be looking at a 6S ESC with a built-in programmable switching BEC - that would be very nice :)

[BrianG]

I would like to think that the built-in UBEC wasn't the only thing holding it back! Switchers are actually quite simple really, and should be fairly easy to replace the linear BEC. No, I would think the problems stem more from the programming aspect and trying to get it to work with all motors (noteably slotted stator types).

[lutach]

The guys at CC might simply not know what the ESCs are capable of. I hooked up a Plettenberg Extreme on a MM and it is working great. Really smooth and it only got warm after about 15 minutes. In Plettenberg's website states they are built with 4 and 6 poles. I don't know what pole the Extreme motor has, but it is a great motor. I only used 7.4 volts and I'll try 11.1 volts some other time to see if it can handle it.

[Arct1k]

It is interesting given what were getting out of the MM why they couldn't "fuse" two together...

S/W aside... 6s on a 2 pole motor would be cool...