[jhautz]

I saw the MMM at the show today. Talked to the Castle guys and it sounds like the MMM will be 6s rated, but the final specs are still not set. The circuts are done, just the case that is still waiting on tooling to be finished. They are targeting a release just before Xmas for the ESC only. I didnt bother with pictures cuz it looked just like the ones linked in the first post. Theyalso confirmed some sort of contract with Neu for the motors that will follow at some time in the future that is still to be determined.

Another cool thing is the Tekin guys also have a 1/8 ESC that they are expecting to be out sometime around February. It should be a 5s rated (possibly 6s to be determined by some ongoing testing) and they had a prototye of it in a milled aluminum case. No pictures unfortunately. The cool thing is they said that they have been running the R1-Pro on 4s in a truggy with the bottom case removed and a fan on it and no issues. Which is amazing to me cuz it was so tiny compared to most other ESCs. It makes the MM look huge. They also said it should run 5s with an external BEC or Rx pack. They also said thay they are considering a HV possibly 8s MT version of their 1/8 esc which would be really awesome.

I personally think I am going to hold off on the MMM and go for the Tekin 1/8 esc. I dont really beleive that Castle will make it by xmas either. They never seem to do wht they say.


EDIT: The Tekin 1/8 esc is based on a 48 FET power board. Thats the same count that the MGMs use and they have no heat issues at all either. Aparently the Tekin guys are useing a different FET than anyone else. They had to commit to a very large volume to get pricing that was reasonable to use them. They were saying that the FETs they are using are super efficient and generate alot less heat than the ones most others are using.