No More link to Monster Maxx
 

Does anyone know why the Monster Maxx link is gone on the Castle Creation Web Site? It just usaully linked to a page that said it was "coming soon", but now it does even do that.

maby they had some server problems or there is something wrong with your computer....

There is just a blank spot where the link was. Everything else is still there.

As BrianG mentioned earlier (I think it was Brian) it may be to limit the number of calls & emails they get regarding the product.

Releasing the "teaser" so far ahead ofthe product release was boud to give them headaches.

In my industry we call this phenomenon "vaporware" Looks great! Markets Great! Fills a need! But no product to be had! Thus....Vaporware!

Yeah, it was me who mentioned it in another thread, but someone else pointed out the email/call hassles as the reason. If you really still want to see the teaser page, you can still navigate directly to it, but nothing is different...

I think that was me, I read it on the Car Action brushless forum, it was in a post by Joe ford

Could be all the hassle they are getting.
Every one wants to know when it is coming out.

Oh, sorry. I know I said something about it in another post. My apologies. :dft001:

Heck i may have gotten it from you, its been said here and on other posts

It's taking forever. I dont think that we'll be seeing it anytime soon.
Such projects sometimes end up in cancellation.

I hope it wont be cancelled, though. Where am I gonna find a controller that would handle hefty counts of cells with sky high amp rates and super low costs?

O'God..

Well, I think that Castle has been so successful now that it would not be cancelled. Many people want this controller, so I think the demand is there where they just want to make sure that it's right.

Yeah, you're absolutely right about this.

Look how long the mamba max took, they are making sure they have the best product, with the least problems. I'm not for sure, but i think castle is one of the biggest brushless companies in the world and maker of one of the best lines of plane controler in the world, with the phoenix line, so they know what they need to do to knock the ball out the park. I personally am willing to wait till the perfect, finished product comes outand till them i'll run the mamba max esc that i got in the G2R.

I'll wait as well.

If the MMM is even 3/4 as good as we are all expecting it to be it will all but vaporize Novaks HV market. Righ now Novak is selling the HV even though itsn not that great system because it the only drop in full system option out there for those who may not be as educated on brushless as the typical user on this forum. If MMM can give comparable performance to a Quark/Neu combo for a price coparable to the Novak nobody will by the novak... Come to think of it.... almost nobody will buy the quark Neu combo either. I think they have the bar set very high as far as expectations from the system. If they can deliver it will be fantastic.

I've used the HV110 and was very impressed.
The HV line of controllers are good enough for me.
I wish they would just modify the software for the HV110 to work with pistal grip TX's and call it a day.

They only work with stick style transmitters? I thought they changed that?!?!?

If they changed that then its news to me.
I owned one and it did not work with a pistal.
Where did you see/hear this?

I can't remember now. I think I heard or read it several months ago.

Maybe it was in the thread star scream had.
I don't recall hearing about an update yet.
I don't know why they don't make it into a car version.

You would think a "Car Version" would be a natural, or at least the pistol grip controller option!

that would kick ass..

I'll shoot castle an email...

I tried but one more won't hurt.
Maybe mike should try.
Maybe joe ford should say something.
He is on here more and sees more of what we want or need.

That's a good idea.

The ONLY reason I sold my HV110 was that it would randomly reset when I applied the brakes. Upon reset, the throttle would set to the standard airplane setting and the throttle would be configured for half throttle at the pistals nuetral position. This would basically send the truck flying out of control on reset until I applied full brakes and turned the system off.

MMMMmmm,
just think Leroy, 12S on your new MT with no worries :017:

That would be a huge hassle and would be scarey not knowing if/when your truck would take of uncontrollably!

I would have unloaded it too!

yeah. It is rated for 36 cells or 12s lipo. So I figure the 36120 should be good.
I will test and see if the smoke rolls. I let you know. It is close to testing any how.

Right on
I'm looking forward to hearing about the results

I just checked the pdf on it and there was no adjustment other than basic programming, as far as the stick programming went. I agree with Starscream on the MMM, Put pistol control on the hv 110 and call it a day, at least untill they are ready for the true MMM

Maybe this has been answered elsewhere, but why are air ESCs so much cheaper than car controllers?? If you compare two of the same voltage, current, and programming specs, the car one is usually quite a bit more. As far as I know, the only difference is firmware...

I assume the car controllers have more fets, or better ones, etc.... for the same amp rating.

I know Shawn has said that the Mamba25 for example, is built way "tougher" than a Phoenix 25.

When they first started into the Mamba project they thought they could just take a plane controller and play with the firmware to make it car-friendly, but they quickly found out the hardware wasn't even close to good enough when put in a MiniT. So the Mamba25 is "overrated" compared to their own plane stuff.

Maybe Joe can tell us how different the guts are....

That makes sense in a way since current in a car is quite peaky. OK, so a few more FETs and maybe some heavier circuit traces. Then add new firmware. Still seems a little unbalanced price-wise.

A perfect example is the Quark 125B. There is the air version that is quite a bit cheaper than the car version, but both look exactly alike. I wonder what the inside of the air one looks like...

I think its because the industry hasn't settled down. If you look at the rc planes, most things are standardized, as is pricing. I know when i go to the local plane shop i can get plane stuff (wire plugs ect.) and pay about half what i would going to an RC car place, Planes have been around for 40+years RC car have been around for only 35 Years, about 25 years real hot and heavy and still going through growing pains and expansion. We are still doing different things where almost all has been done with planes and most have settled and standardized. If things were standardized in our neck of the woods (plugs, Taps batteries ect.) it would be cheaper to

Yeah, i can't put my finger on it.. I don't think they run different fetts or less.. Besides, the price difference between 32 or 64 fetts when bought in large quantities is about 16 bucks.. the 125A air controller of quark can do 300A for 10 seconds.and so is the car version.. there goes that theory.. and since this very same fetts are also used for brakes, this doesn't justify the difference in price either.. the only difference is software.

Serum..... Your new avitar is freaking me out.... Please change that!!!!

Sorry, can't use a bigger one.. Forum restrictions..

I must admit...The scary truth is I wondered what the anteater costume looked like. :002:

Now I'm sorry I know.:007: :007: :007:

:005:

In a sick way, I did too, but then decided it was better for my mental health to be blissfully ignorant. Sadly, that dream has been shattered now his Avatar stares me in the face.

BTW: The costume looks more like a guy wearing a generic fuzzy suit with an elephant-nosed bunny head.

;)

I think the designers did a wonderful job on the face expression.


(I am pretty positive that it was a large group of designers; it's a true diamond in their collection)

The Mamba Monster Max reminds me of Micro Soft's XBox game console. At the time the Sony Playstation 2 was released, the XBox claimed to be 2 times as powerful as the PS2. However, the PS2 had more game titles than the XBox and till this day, its among the best game consoles in the world.

I wonder if Sony would be interested in designing an electronic speed controller for brushless motors and call it RC Station..

The capabalities of the controller should be something like that:

Cell counts= 1-40 nimh cells(58 without bec)/ 1-13 lipo cells(19 cells without bec).

Amp rates= 350A cont./ 700A surge

Ultra effecient internal BEC upto 13 lipo cells.

Capacitors= x6 SuperMicroType capacitors

Dual heatsink

Proportional brake

Size: 30mm long, 25mm wide and 20mm tall

Price: 200-250 dollars.

Release date: 200 years ahead....STAY TUNED!