CC SHV ESC's. "When are they due out?"
 

Was wondering when these were suppose to be released? Said on the case of the larger SHV esc that they were due out in Nov 2007 which was a lie.

Here are a few pics I took at I-hobby...

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture037-1.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...Picture047.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...cture038-1.jpg

I've been wondering about those too. I believe we will be seeing this ESC under the Project X category. LOL

Ummm..........the sticker you're looking at states the date of Manufacture for THAT particuliar unit.

If you check out Castles special projects page, it points toward the fourth quarter of 2008.

http://www.castlecreations.com/csp/index.html

does SHV stand for Surface High Voltage? this is what i am looking for. would the phoenix HV 110 work for a 1/5 conversion?

But they're still not released and it's late January in 2009.

Super high voltage maybe?

Yeah, we know. :lol:

I almost wonder if they will just be special-orderable...:whistle:

Pssssst. Why not ask in the Castle's own section? Im sure Patrick would give us a hint..

Stands for super high voltage. And my bad on the date thing. I feel like a moran that I didnt think of that.:lol:

The ESC looks a lot like a power amp for a car stereo that I used to have back in the 90s

Place an order with Castle and sign the waiver. The SHV have been available for a little while now, but it was being made for BVM Jets.

So they're airplane escs.. Just wondering what kind of voltage they can take?

90v's.

They are whatever ESCs. Controllable with radio or 0-5v source. Programmable neutral point. Most are getting put into EVs I bet.

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that 200A version. A couple of those on a couple large outrunners should be able to power a small 1k lb car I would think.

I'm thinking of using one in a bike.

Too cold here in the winter for bikes. Brrrrr!

For an EV controller something like 200a 144v would be good. SDHV - Super Duper High Voltage

EHV = Extra/Extreme High Voltage. Rolls off the tongue a bit better. :wink:

That still leaves room for UHV (Ultra/Ultimate High Voltage) for the ~400v setups. :smile:

90v is pretty good on an EV too, but I would limit it to motorcycle or golf cart use. A 24 horse system has pretty good kick.

Too bad the system is out of my price range. It is a lot of cash, especially when I have the 50v plane controllers and some china controllers already sitting here waiting for projects.

There are lots of controller companies out there. Off the top of my head there is curtis and kelly. They are relativly cheap. A 90v kelly 200a was under 300 IIRC.

They are cheap, but much bigger than the castle unit. MUCH! I have a 70v 45a controller here that is cheap too, but it has ridiculously choppy throttle, horrible sensorless commutation, no programming, and is the size of a demi-loaf of bread.


You get what you pay for. Like I said, I have enough controllers sitting around to keep me from splurging on the castle unit. Gotta get my mini bike running again first!

EV usually use one of these.

Z2K:

2000A
375V

http://cafeelectric.com/shop/images/z2k/z2k.jpg

Sweet! I'm gunna get that the second I have $5200 laying around along with a custom made giant brushless motor...

I didn't know that Zilla's were for brushless motors.

They're not. It would be nice if they made ESCs for the ever popular 3 phase motors though.

That's a lot of $$, even for an EV.. There are cheaper ways to get "ride-on" power..

does anyone know the dimensions of the 200A SHV esc?

From the special projects page:

L: 4.875” (123mm)
W. 3.75” (95.25mm)
H: 1.25” (31.75mm)

They has stopped making the zilla...not sure if that is temporary or permanent...

I am building a full size ev car and the curtis controllers seem like the best bet so far. I am using a brushed motor though. According to everything I have read they brushes will last for around 80k miles!