Just give 'em a link to RCM and show them how much demand there is for a reasonable priced HV unit, and how non-existant peoples options are. Anyway, that unit you have there has some very nice features, and its a step in the right direction at any rate...

I told them a few times to make an HV version. I will keep buggin' them to see if one can be made. I like the features and I will have to see if they are all working when I put it in my TC3.

I was able to run the ESC today for a little bit and it is very nice. I noticed the PCB is almost twice the thickness of the Mamba Max. It fits in my TC3 better then the Mamba Max. It is absolutly smoother and programming is a blast with the program box. The ESC got a little wet, but it did not affect the way it put the power down. The brakes are just awesome and smooth and reverse is also nice. I still can't find my camera to take pictures of this controller next to the Mamba Max. I like my Mamba Max a lot, but this new controller is much better and I'm not hyping it up. The Mamba Max off the line hesitates a bit with the N80 motor and this controller just goes.

Have you raised the startup power in the mamba esc with the N80(7800kv) motor?

Yes, the Mamba's starting power is at high. The hesitation that I'm talking about is really small and only happens when full throttle from a dead stop. Also, the other controller's heat sink after I was done speeding up and down the street for a few minutes was still cold with the fan disconnected.

Have you tried reducing the punch control in combination w/high start power?

Sounds like you have a really nice ESC man. I seriously need something like that for my dragster.

I have the punch control at 40%. The Mamba is good, I'm not complaining at all, but I have found something better, I hate to say it. The start up on this controller is amazing. The only down side is the fan which only works with 2S lipos from the connector in the ESC, but you can hook it up to the third channel or a separate BEC. I was told the BEC in the ESC only works with 2S lipos as well, but I had it going with 3S for a few minutes and it worked fine. I'm still waiting for an answer from the folks who made it to see if they have any stock.

sweet deal man. The mamba does great with low kv motors, but I have the same issue like you when I use my 7800kV LRP.

I'm also going to have some Brushless ESC for 1/18, 1/16 and 1/14 scale. This little guy has the following Specs:

Specifications:

40 Amps maximum continuous current rating (at 25℃ ambient temperature with proper air flow)
Input: 5~18 cell Nixx or 2~7S A123 or 2~6S Lixx
2 Amps BEC (maximum input with BEC limited to 9 cell Nixx or 3S A123 or 3S Lixx)
Dimensions: 40 X 24 X 14 mm
Weight: 23g (including leads)

Features:

Proportional forward, brake and reverse
Proportional control of starting torque by throttle trigger – the starting
torque can be tremendous high or incredibly low
Extremely smooth startup and low speed operations
Programmable throttle curve, acceleration rate, motor timing, low
battery cutoff voltage, reverse power limit and drag brake strength
Easy and fast stick programming with ‘skip’ and ‘read back’ features
5 programmable operation modes (please refer to the table below)
180,000 RPM theoretical speed limit for 2 pole motor
Lost signal protection

It has the following settings:

1: Throttle Curve:
Option 1 (30% Reverse Exponential)
Option 2 (15% Reverse Exponential)
Option 3 (Default) (Linear)
Option 4 (15% Exponential)
Option 5 (30% Exponential)

2: Acceleration Rate:
Option 1 (Very low)
Option 2 (Low)
Option 3 (Default) (Normal)
Option 4 (High)
Option 5 (Very high)

3: Motor Timing Advance:
Option 1 (Very Low)
Option 2 (Low)
Option 3 (Default) (Normal)
Option 4 (High)
Option 5 (Very High)

4: Operation Mode:
Option 1 (Mode 1 Forward with proportional brake and stop lockout
Reverse with proportional brake and stop lockout)
Option 2 (Default) (Mode 2 Forward with proportional brake and stop lockout
Reverse with proportional brake to stop then Forward (no lockout))
Option 3 (Mode 3 Forward with proportional brake to stop then Reverse (no lockout) Reverse with proportional brake to stop then Forward (no lockout))
Option 4 (Mode 4 Forward with proportional brake only (no reverse))
Option 5 (Mode 5 Forward and Reverse with adjustable Drag Brake (for Crawlers or Tanks only))

5: Battery Type:
Option 1 (Nixx)
Option 2 (A123)
Option 3 (Default) (Lixx (Low) (2.8 V cutoff per cell))
Option 4 (Lixx (Medium) (3.0 V cutoff per cell))
Option 5 (Lixx (High) (3.2 V cutoff per cell))

Item 6: Low Battery Cutoff Voltage:
Option 1 (Nixx 5-6 cell (Disable), A123 Not applicable, Lixx (Low) Not applicable, Lixx (Medium) Not applicable and Lixx (High) Not applicable
Option 2 (Default) (Nixx 7-8 cell (6.0 V), A123 2S (Disable), Lixx (Low) 2S (5.6 V), Lixx (Medium) 2S (6.0 V) and Lixx (High) 2S (6.4 V)
Option 3 (Nixx 9-11cell (8.0 V), A123 3S (6.0 V), Lixx (Low) 3S (8.4 V), Lixx (Medium) 3S (9.0 V), Lixx (High) 3S (9.6 V)
Option 4 (Nixx 12-14 cell (10.4 V), A123 4S (8.0 V), Lixx (Low) 4S (11.2 V), Lixx (Medium) 4S (12.0 V), Lixx (High) 4S (12.8 V)
Option 5 (Nixx 15-18 cell (13.2 V), A123 5S (10.0 V), Lixx (Low) 5S (14.0 V), Lixx (Medium) 5S (15.0 V), Lixx (High) 5S (16.0 V)
Option 6 (Nixx Not applicable, A123 6S (12.0 V), Lixx (Low) 6S (16.8 V), Lixx (Medium) 6S (18.0 V), Lixx (High) 6S (19.2 V)
Option 7 (Nixx Not applicable, A123 7S (14.0 V), Lixx (Low) Not applicable, Lixx (Medium) Not applicable, Lixx (High) Not applicable

7: Low Battery Cutoff Method:
Option 1 (Partial Cutoff)
Option 2 (Default) (Full Cutoff)

8: Reverse Power Limit:
Option 1 (25%)
Option 2 (50%)
Option 3 (75%)
Option 4 (Default) (100%)

Item 9: Drag Brake Strength
Works with: 4 (Option 1-4) 5 (Option 5)
Option 1 (Default) 0% 0%
Option 2 5% 12%
Option 3 10% 25%
Option 4 15% 37%
Option 5 20% 50%
Option 6 25% 62%
Option 7 30% 75%
Option 8 35% 87%
Option 9 40% 100%

This little controller is the only one I know of that has a Battery setting for the A123 style batteries with a 2.0V cut off and it has a setting for crawlers.

I like the high cell counts... when are you expecting this?

Aqwut the above ESC is for the small RCs. The factory only has 30 of them and I'm thinking of getting them all, but I don't know how many people would actually want one. If I can get 20 people interested, I'll bring the 30 units in.

yeah... those are some good escs according to the specs... that's a lot of power for a small scale RC.. but it's awesome to have a 1/18th scale rc running 22.2 volts...

The small ESC says to use up to 3S lipos with BEC and to desable it for 4-6S lipos. Man I tried this little monster with a 5S 3850mAh TP to see if it could handle it. Well it does and the Mamba 8000 motor's shaft broke. This will be the ESC I will use in a micro to try and set s speed record. I might buy a Recoil to do this.

i had a recoil running a wraith7k/quark 33a. i loved how that car handled the power. i miss it now that it hit ebay to fund other projects. i think i seen a pro version coming out so i might have to get one of those again to fill the loss i feel.

I own a few Quark 33A and 22A and they are good, but this 40A controller goes a step further with the 6S lipo and 7S A123 capability.