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Stray 05-28-2019 12:15 AM

Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Hi Guys,

I've seen it mentioned a few times but was unable to find the threads with the info.

I was at a local hobby shop here in Australia, and the bloke reckons that CC will no longer be making surface products.

Can some one shed some light on this subject?

I believe it is to do with a chip that they can no longer access?

I am very keen to get a micro x crawler and 1800kv slate motor combo, but there are none around.

I love the castle stuff ever since I chucked 3s into a touring car with the original mabma max. (YEARS AGO)

anyway I hope the bloke got his wires crossed, and I can buy some more awesome castle gear shortly...

sappy96 05-28-2019 01:36 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
CC was having supplier issues, but have shipping dates now from what I understand.

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robert@castle 05-28-2019 09:18 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
We have no intention of leaving the surface market any time soon, it is by far our largest segment. We had a motor supplier issues and since most of our sales are motor/esc combos, it delayed a lot of shipments. The issues have been resolved and we are shipping motors again.

sappy96 05-28-2019 09:22 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by robert@castle (Post 5938268)
We have no intention of leaving the surface market any time soon, it is by far our largest segment. We had a motor supplier issues and since most of our sales are motor/esc combos, it delayed a lot of shipments. The issues have been resolved and we are shipping motors again.

Good to hear.

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Stray 05-28-2019 04:42 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by robert@castle (Post 5938268)
We have no intention of leaving the surface market any time soon, it is by far our largest segment. We had a motor supplier issues and since most of our sales are motor/esc combos, it delayed a lot of shipments. The issues have been resolved and we are shipping motors again.

Hi Robert,

Thats really good news to hear.

Can you let us know when we can expect to be able to purchase motors and ESC's from your website?

also, whats the startup on the micro like vs the SW4 for sensorless?

thanks
Travis

robert@castle 05-29-2019 09:29 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Stray (Post 5938360)
Hi Robert,

Thats really good news to hear.

Can you let us know when we can expect to be able to purchase motors and ESC's from your website?

also, whats the startup on the micro like vs the SW4 for sensorless?

thanks
Travis


Sadly, I don't have shipping information or expected arrival dates for incoming motors.


Sensorless the Sidewinder 4 is slightly better, but unless you had both of them in identical vehicles(same chassis, gearing, motor, battery, body, ect) I would think you would be hard pressed to ever notice the difference.

Topher Builds 05-29-2019 09:31 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Any changes to the motors since the supplier issues have been resolved?

robert@castle 05-29-2019 10:13 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pant Danza (Post 5938496)
Any changes to the motors since the supplier issues have been resolved?


No changes have been made.

Stray 05-29-2019 03:17 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by robert@castle (Post 5938495)
Sadly, I don't have shipping information or expected arrival dates for incoming motors.


Sensorless the Sidewinder 4 is slightly better, but unless you had both of them in identical vehicles(same chassis, gearing, motor, battery, body, ect) I would think you would be hard pressed to ever notice the difference.

Sweet, thanks for the info


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Sneetches 05-29-2019 03:27 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Thankfully we have an actual Castle rep here cause that's hell of a rumor otherwise.

Stray 05-29-2019 04:29 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Hi Rob,

while we have you, any new surface products in the pipeline.... ;-);-)

DRTMI 05-29-2019 07:26 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by robert@castle (Post 5938507)
No changes have been made.

How about "dithered" mode or an equivalent so my outrunner doesn't screech like a banshee?

brimdogg 05-30-2019 08:45 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DRTMI (Post 5938644)
How about "dithered" mode or an equivalent so my outrunner doesn't screech like a banshee?

I believe John Holmes is working on that [emoji6]

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JohnRobHolmes 05-30-2019 08:56 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DRTMI (Post 5938644)
How about "dithered" mode or an equivalent so my outrunner doesn't screech like a banshee?

Quote:

Originally Posted by brimdogg (Post 5938725)
I believe John Holmes is working on that [emoji6]

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Castle's newest controllers all dither. But I am working on some quieter options. Just had a great meeting with Castle engineers yesterday about a few new Holmes products. "thumbsup"

brimdogg 05-30-2019 08:59 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes (Post 5938730)
Castle's newest controllers all dither. But I am working on some quieter options. Just had a great meeting with Castle engineers yesterday about a few new Holmes products. "thumbsup"

Awesome [emoji4]

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robert@castle 05-30-2019 11:05 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Stray (Post 5938610)
Hi Rob,

while we have you, any new surface products in the pipeline.... ;-);-)


We pretty much always have some new surface products in the works, not sure on timelines or how useful the next few will be for the crawling market.

JatoTheRipper 05-30-2019 01:06 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes (Post 5938730)
Castle's newest controllers all dither. But I am working on some quieter options. Just had a great meeting with Castle engineers yesterday about a few new Holmes products. "thumbsup"

That's good news and seems to be a turn of events. I thought you said in the past that Castle was done supporting Holmes ESCs.

Stray 05-30-2019 04:16 PM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
This is all very exciting to hear.

JH with the crawling gears..

and CC back in stock.

JohnRobHolmes 05-31-2019 08:13 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Castle is no longer supporting the BLE controller, which I don't blame them for. Old firmware and hardware that's a pretty big mess to wade through. We are currently working on a firmware update for the BRXL and BR mini, along with other projects.

sappy96 05-31-2019 08:37 AM

Re: Castle Creations surface products done?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes (Post 5939025)
Castle is no longer supporting the BLE controller, which I don't blame them for. Old firmware and hardware that's a pretty big mess to wade through. We are currently working on a firmware update for the BRXL and BR mini, along with other projects.

Good to hear!

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