Go Back   RCCrawler Forums > RCCrawler General Tech > Electronics
Loading

Notices

Thread: Sensored brushless crawler esc options?

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-10-2011, 12:41 PM   #1
Pebble Pounder
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Northern Virginia, USA
Posts: 128
Default Sensored brushless crawler esc options?

What are all of the options available for sensored brushless esc for use in a crawler? Is there anything that stands out as the best overall, or best bang for the buck?

I know of the novak offerings (it seems people don't like them all that much though), and I'm pretty sure the mamba max pro can be adjusted to suit crawling. How about the tekin rs? It is programmable like the mamba, so I assume it can be used for crawling. Anything else out there worth using in a crawler? Maybe something a little cheaper?
Stregone is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 08-10-2011, 02:52 PM   #2
Got Worms?
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Golden, CO
Posts: 6,116
Default

The esc's i'd consider is these (go in order)

Tekin RS (nice and small)
Mamba Max Pro (big, but a great esc)
Losi Xcelorin (its decent)


Also unless your looking to buy now Holmes Hobbies/ Holmes Motion Control is developing a brushless esc. From the info i've gathered, it'll be smaller than the BR-XL and it'll be sensored. Knowing HH/HMC i'm sure it'll be top notch in quality and features.

But there's no release date and JRH just drops us little bits every now and then.
losikid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-10-2011, 06:33 PM   #3
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: triad
Posts: 634
Default

i really like my mamba max pro 1cell with my ballistic 18.5 brushless motor. I can run 2s up to 6s
concretejungle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-10-2011, 06:53 PM   #4
Pebble Pounder
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Northern Virginia, USA
Posts: 128
Default

Good info guys. I was thinking about going brushless, but I decided to go with brushed (for now), its a bit cheaper. I did play around with brushless a bit using one of my escs from my touring car and a 21.5t motor. It worked great except there was a couple second delay between fwd and rev, which was really really annoying. FYI, boost plus the super high gear ratio of a crawler equals a motor that freaking screams.

Still interested in info for future reference, if anyone has anything else to bring up!
Stregone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-10-2011, 07:35 PM   #5
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: triad
Posts: 634
Default

i've never had any delay forward to reverse with mine.
concretejungle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2011, 09:41 AM   #6
I wanna be Dave
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Madrid, IA
Posts: 2,015
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by concretejungle View Post
i've never had any delay forward to reverse with mine.
he was using an esc set-up for use in a touring car, not a crawler esc. so he had a delay.
benoj is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply




Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:12 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.
Copyright 2004-2014 RCCrawler.com