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10-16-2018, 02:14 PM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Victoria, BC
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| Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
Castle Creations just announced a new Mamba / Sidewinder firmware vs 2.06. New Features VS 2.06 for Mamba Micro X, Mamba X, Mamba Monster X, Mamba XLX, Sidewinder Micro 2, and Sidewinder 4 Added 'Drag Brake Ramp' feature. Allows user to adjust the rate at which the drag brake is applied at neutral. Added 'Hot Reset' feature for B-Link Bluetooth adapter. The ESC no longer needs to be power cycled when sending settings. I just updated my Mamba X with 2850kV Slate motor in my Gmade GS02 BOM and let me tell you, this update is great. For technical crawling, having the ability to have the motor gently remove the drag brake just off throttle in order to roll with such control is a game changer for low-speed control on rock faces. With the combination of having a 3-position rock racer / crawler mode enabled, the various amounts of drag brake control is insane. Letting off the throttle on flat terrain and not doing a front roll is a nice feature too (especially when you are in full drag brake mode). I started with low setting and now I went with medium which I feel will be perfect for this rig. Thank you Castle....this is why I have all your ECS's in every RC I own!!! Mamba Revision History — Castle Homepage |
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10-16-2018, 03:03 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
Thats sweet! I can wait to try that out, Thanks for the heads up. I've always preferred a gentile drag brake so this is great news. |
10-16-2018, 03:06 PM | #3 |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
I wish I could figure out how to program my Mamba X correctly with my DX4C. No matter where I set tx travel, or alter the ESC programming, I have 100% drag brake in crawl mode. Maybe this FW will help, although I'll still be stoopid. |
10-16-2018, 03:07 PM | #4 |
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10-16-2018, 03:44 PM | #5 |
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10-16-2018, 03:48 PM | #6 | |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
Oops, lol I went back and forth on the spelling there and still got it wrong. I think this will be great for the Revolver, I found to get the drag brake where I want it I had to set it to 5% which is just crazy low. Quote:
What is the drag brake set to? I believe this sets the crossover point (where it switches the drag brake off) Last edited by HumboldtEF; 10-16-2018 at 03:51 PM. | |
10-16-2018, 04:09 PM | #7 |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
I don't see where to download this firmware.
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10-16-2018, 04:15 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: My mothers basement
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
If castle just added multiple pwm to quiet them down that would be everything on my esc wish list. Unfortunately pwm noise is a big thing for me so I'm sticking with the hobbywing 1080.
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10-16-2018, 04:26 PM | #9 |
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10-16-2018, 04:45 PM | #10 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
nice, I'll have to remember to update mine.
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10-16-2018, 05:40 PM | #11 |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake Download Castle Link — Castle Homepage Top of page states: CURRENT CASTLE LINK VERSION 3.78.00 RELEASE DATE: 10/15/18 (or just connect your existing device and open the app and select update) (or, do like my lazy butt did - open the app and click "Update", it will take you to the above link, click on the icon, it will install the new version and clean up the old) Last edited by durok; 10-16-2018 at 05:47 PM. |
10-16-2018, 06:34 PM | #12 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
Yep Durok is correct. I just noticed they are calling this firmware a 'Beta' but I'm not too worried about issues. heres a screenshot of the options for the drag brake Ramp, it has 5 different steps/values Last edited by HumboldtEF; 10-16-2018 at 06:38 PM. |
10-16-2018, 07:25 PM | #13 | |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake Quote:
Is this where you set the drag brake to 5%? I didn't notice any difference set at 100%, 50% or 20%...maybe 5% is the magic number? I have the aux wire set up on Aux 1 in the tx...travel looks like this for reference: This makes sense to me for steering & throttle channels...kinda ignorant how this translates to a two position switch. I know it's incremental adjustment in ms, but adjusting anything here only seems to affect the rock race mode by injecting drag brake where I want none. Thoughts? (shameless hijack) | |
10-16-2018, 09:02 PM | #14 | |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake Quote:
To get it to the right values you use the H & L setting on travel for Aux1 as well as the sub trim for aux1 which is the mid point of your 3 way switch. 100H should be 100% drag brake 100% L should be 0% but I did read up and see some people will set it to 105% on L to (just in case trim was messing things up or something) Heres my setup which is a 3 position switch, 100% drag brake then 44% then off Also make sure to push the switch a few times to cycle through the 3 positions Last edited by HumboldtEF; 10-16-2018 at 09:10 PM. | |
10-16-2018, 09:48 PM | #15 |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake Doah, that did not occur to me. I will have to plug it in and see. I have already installed castle link 3.78.
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10-16-2018, 10:05 PM | #16 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
To get back on track I played around with the 3 different trucks and the new Drag brake ramp. My 8X8 Mammoth did best at a medium because the tranny has way too much slop. TRX4 with a HH Revolver 1800 kv that already had the drag brake so low (6% bacause its very, very strong) that it has a cool effect where when I let off the throttle the wheels will slow down very gently while the outrunner slows to a stop while also holding very well on hills with a gentle decent speed when I let off, I really love this as it feels like a 1/1 where the brakes aren't jammed on after any input. The TRX4 is better with this off, with it on its too slow to stop at any setting. My Wraith running a HH 2200 kv puller with a 2 speed and it feels good set at fast. I though at first it was just a time thing and not a ramp down at all but as I tried more rigs I could feel it really was a nice ramp down effect Thanks Castle! Last edited by HumboldtEF; 10-16-2018 at 10:07 PM. |
10-17-2018, 10:39 AM | #17 | |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake Quote:
The light bulb may be dim but the sucker's on now. Now to download new FW too. | |
10-18-2018, 12:19 PM | #18 | |
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10-18-2018, 01:28 PM | #19 |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
Great addition from Castle. So now I can take drag ramp off the NRE request list and not have to pay them for the development on my ESCs, lol! Been asking for this every few years since 2008.
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10-18-2018, 01:52 PM | #20 |
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| Re: Castle Mamba Firmware vs 2.06 - New Ramped Drag Brake
The keep making the best scale ESC even better which is awesome! This update is more of a reason to move my Mamba X from my SCX10 II into my TRX-4. |
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