FighterCat HV CAR ESC 16s 200a
 

Some of the e-Baja guys on the Baja forum are ordering these to try out while their Mamba XL's are still in for recall:

http://fightercatracing.com/index.ph...chk=1&Itemid=1

Anyone used any of the fightercat esc's or heard anything about them?

I registered to see the price and they're selling for $228 - I expected it to be much higher.

I've been following them in the Rum Runner Racing forum and was the first to ask about a car version. Here is the link: http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/fefor...ad.php?t=31671 and I asked in post #16. They mentioned that the ESCs aren't made by Suppo, but all the programming sure looks like it is specially the car one since I was trying to get Suppo to make my HV car ESC a while back. If they can make the shorter version, that would be a plus.

Thanks for the link lutach.

I'm waiting for them to get the 24s 200A esc ready for ebike use.

You're welcomed. If you get one, please let us know how it works.

I'll probably hold off and see how these hold up in some Bajas - it looks like a number of guys are going to try them out, so we should see how they work:

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...=113073&page=6

Good find, thanks for sharing.

very cool, im going to order one the next time my company has a good week

Ive been looking for a good 12s capable car ESC, please keep us all informed how they do :)

Mine should ship out early next week!

Definitely keep me posted! My XBe is crying for a 700kv Leopard 5692, this esc and some 12s action!

Thats what I'm looking at also. I'll bet it will run like a scalded dog!

I am eye-balling an XBE....I like that it is relatively light for a 4x4. The losi 5ive is so heavy, plus I would have to sell off all the gas parts...and would still end up spending a ton of money to convert it.

Has the XBE been durable for you? That is my one reservation...I had an Redcat Rampage and was constantly breaking dogbones, drive cups and plus it was heavy as well.

I so much wish the XBE had a center diff. or someone would make one.

Sorry Kirky, missed your post somehow. I love my XB-E, aside from the stock tire foams, and stock wheel bearings its been flawless. I upgraded the knuckles and rear uprigths to 7075rc unit with larger sealed bearing so no worries there. I love it man, it kicks the crap out of any gasser I have ever owned.

any updates?

The FighterCat escs still seem to have some bugs that need to be worked out:

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=119965

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=117438

It was interesting to see in the e-Baja section of HBF that people assumed Castle was incompetent since it had some difficulties with the Mamba XL. And many had hope that FighterCat (a much much smaller company) was going to be able to produce a reliable esc without going through the same issues that Castle has had to deal with.

even GM and ford cant get it right the first time.lol

So people are having problems with the car ESC. I read the problems in the HPI Baja forum and it's the same problem as the Suppo 30A ESC I tested, but I stopped right away to avoid the magic smoke :lol:. I hope Ben asks the manufacturer to work out the bugs so the car ESCs can be another choice for everyone.

^^ I wonder if Fightercat suffers from the same issue of large ripple voltage that Mamba XL users have exerienced.

Hard to tell from the Baja forums because the few who purchased Fightercat esc, as they seemed so jaded to begin with. Getting some true confession will now seem like sour grapes.

Remember when everyone here went to Digikey to buy 35v capable low esr caps that helped out the early Mamba Monsters? I know Castle has their own cap bank out, but I'm wondering if I can't solder up a bank which has nearly double the uF capacity.

I added (4) 1000 uF caps to mine. Hope to run it later this week.