which castle esc

[traxxasemaxxer]

cost/ warrenty wise im thinking castle for a new esc cant decide on the mamba micro pro , or the sidewinder micro

[benoj]

Also depends what you plan on using it for?


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[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by benoj

Also depends what you plan on using it for?

+1.

I have/run both with brushed motors. The Sidewinder Micro is great, but I would use it on a single motor (I run 3S LiPO & 35T handwound) and don't go too low in winds (maybe a high 20T motor max). It's also very small.

The Mamba Micro Pro is just like the Sidewinder Micro, but it has a heatsink. This makes it a little larger but may help it out long term.

Either one is a good choice for a small ESC. I prefer CC ESC's over other brands partly because of the programming with the Castle Link, partly because of performance.

I also run Tekin FX-R's on 3S LiPO & 35T brushed.

I don't know if I'd recommend either CC ESC for brushless since neither is sensored unless you're running a worm drive rig like the LCC.

[traxxasemaxxer]

right now I'm gonna be using it on two integy 35t brushed motors, and will be adding a punk dig later.... yeah I use the cc mamba max pro on my basher truck and love it I push it hard on 6s and a 14.4v dewalt and it has help up just fine, that's why Id like to stay with the cc esc

[Charlie-III]

Do you want a "cheap" CC ESC?????....look here...... castle garage sale?

Not my link, just pirated from another post.....

[traxxasemaxxer]

cool price thanks for the link it will help , I'm just gonna check with castle and make sure it will do what I need it to do, since its a version 1 older model esc

[spillproof]

A second sidewinder micro is about the same as an external punk. I finally got my dual sidewinder micro/brood 35t setup going today, and I really like it. The awesomeness of proportional dig is not known till you use it. I am so happy with the direction I chose, as I had originally settled on a single ESC + punk setup.

[CRAWLERJOE]

Originally Posted by spillproof

A second sidewinder micro is about the same as an external punk. I finally got my dual sidewinder micro/brood 35t setup going today, and I really like it. The awesomeness of proportional dig is not known till you use it. I am so happy with the direction I chose, as I had originally settled on a single ESC + punk setup.

+1 on this!! I run two micro sidewinders in my xr10 and it works flawlessly. Gives you front and rear dig!

[benoj]

The sidewinder v1 will do exactly what u want where either micro would likely give up running 2 35t motors. I only run sidewinder v1s in my crawlers, I currently have 4 with no issues running brushed motors, whereas I've heard a number of issues with the v2 and brushed motors


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[bigshoe83]

do you run two sidewinders on one? If so how do you fit them into the chassis?

[benoj]

Yes I run 2 on my xr10. They are decased and put heat sink to heat sink and the have shrink wrap over them


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[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by bigshoe83

do you run two sidewinders on one? If so how do you fit them into the chassis?

??

Two motors on one ESC?? Is that the question?

I can see 2 35T+ brushed motors on a single V1 Sidewinder, not likely on a Sidewinder micro or Mamba Max Micro.

[toka100]

Originally Posted by benoj

Yes I run 2 on my xr10. They are decased and put heat sink to heat sink and the have shrink wrap over them


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heat sink to heat sink. removed the al heatsink or with al heat sink.

[bigshoe83]

Are they pretty easy to decase?

[benoj]

They both still have the al heat sink just both are together with the heat sink fin rows between each other.



They are easy to decase, you must remove at least half the sticker (just one side not the bottom usually) and a small flat blade screwdriver to push on the the 2 little tabs on the side of the case and then the bottom comes apart




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[bigshoe83]

cool, thanks for the info