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02-22-2008, 10:47 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CALI "209"
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|  sidewinder or novak crawler esc?
which esc would you run? does the sidwinder have drag break? heard that the novak esc was really glitchy. any info on either would be appreciated
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02-22-2008, 10:51 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Sidewinder, I bought the Novak crawler for my first esc sold it to buy a sidewinder. I had a few problems out of my sidewinder at first but would still buy it over the crawler!!!  |
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02-22-2008, 11:06 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Salt Lake City
Posts: 31
| Sidewinder
I have a sidewinder and love it. It has a drag brake. I have had one problem and it wasnt the ESC. I needed to change the EPA for reverse on my DX3.0!
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02-22-2008, 12:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NH
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doesn't the sidewinder have a weak bec?
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02-22-2008, 12:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ft. Wright, KY
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BEC 5v 3a.
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02-22-2008, 12:45 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: lacey
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novak for me, i LOVE the drag brake, and mine doesn't glitch at all after the motor was broken in. I really like not having to run a separate bec, 6v 5 amps is plenty
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02-23-2008, 09:49 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Denverish
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I love my sidewinder. Being able to program it via computer is really cool, and 11v (3s lipo) makes for a fun truck. I now hit curbs at full throttle and just bounce up them. That alone sold me on the Sidewinder.
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02-23-2008, 09:58 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: barstow
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do you have to have a computer to program the sidewinder ?
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02-23-2008, 10:51 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ft. Wright, KY
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Nope! You can stick program them, it's not that bad. Everybody acts as if it's Horrible. But you a limited on the amount of drag brake that can be applied 40% by stick and 100% by Castle link. And I think limited on one other thing can't remember... I love the Sidewinder! Super smooth on brushed! Good luck with it.... | |
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02-23-2008, 11:09 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
Posts: 12,107
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It's a 3A linear regulator, and puts out 5v. For crawlers you'd probably > want to disable the BEC on the Sidewinder and use one of our Castle > BECs. Up to 7A of BEC output, and you can change the output voltage to > anything you want between 4.8v and 9v in 0.1v increments using the > Castle Link USB programmer. | |
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