RC-Monster Forums - View Single Post - Castle HV Hydra, but where is the car version!!!!

lincpimp · 10.25.2007, 08:55 PM

Ok, first off the Hydra does offer the option to remove the brake feature. It is still forward only. Boat controllers have harder startup programmed in than car escs do. Most likely not a problem though.

RC boat guys are crazy, and a 100mph boat is a blast. I haave only driven a boat to about 50mph, and it is alot of fun. More fun that high speed car running cause there is more risk. Plus seeing the boat hull completely out of the water and the prop half in just does it for me.

Now back to the main point:

If you think about it the MMM is a pretty big risk for CC. When they released the MM there were literaly hundreds of rc cars that it could go in. Everyone had some sort of 10th scale electric, and the MM was a bolt in. That is why they sold so many. The price was competitive with the best brushed technology, and it was cheaper and better in every way.

What vehicles are currently available for the MMM to go in? The new Emaxx seems to be the only vehicle that I can think of that could be setup to handle the 6s capability of the MMM. Sure, people will buy it for 1/8 conversions, but there is not a factory ready 1/8 scale anything for the MMM to go in. I am sure that an electric ready 1/8 will be produced, or at least a conversion kit to retrofit an existing nitro vehicle.

I know that most people on this forum will buy a MMM, me included, probably buy a new Emaxx too. But we already know how to handle a semi HV system. Think of how any MM are still being used with stick packs! 90% of the people who bought MM did not even use the pc program feature, and it was included! We are a very small part of the market, plane and boats are bigger, cause they can make more power with electric than any other method. Plus the car market is dominated by nitro, and the people who like nitro("electric sucks, nitro rules, huh huh huh!")

Just saying that we need some dedicated electric 1/8 scale and monster trucks to make ther MMM a success like the MM. My hat is off the CC for actually making this product, that may not be a huge seller, and offering the high quality motor, which was my only problem with the MM system. They are actually making a product for a very specialized market, and hoping that it will cause a big change. No one can say that the MM wasn't responsible for the brushless explosion. Novak made the race system, but CC outfits the basher, and there are many more bashers than racers. Hell, even the crawler crowd have even embraced the MM, there is no more adjustable esc, brushed or brushless, for a crawler.

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lincpimp Check out my huge box! Offline Posts: 11,935 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Slidell, LA	10.25.2007, 08:55 PM Ok, first off the Hydra does offer the option to remove the brake feature. It is still forward only. Boat controllers have harder startup programmed in than car escs do. Most likely not a problem though. RC boat guys are crazy, and a 100mph boat is a blast. I haave only driven a boat to about 50mph, and it is alot of fun. More fun that high speed car running cause there is more risk. Plus seeing the boat hull completely out of the water and the prop half in just does it for me. Now back to the main point: If you think about it the MMM is a pretty big risk for CC. When they released the MM there were literaly hundreds of rc cars that it could go in. Everyone had some sort of 10th scale electric, and the MM was a bolt in. That is why they sold so many. The price was competitive with the best brushed technology, and it was cheaper and better in every way. What vehicles are currently available for the MMM to go in? The new Emaxx seems to be the only vehicle that I can think of that could be setup to handle the 6s capability of the MMM. Sure, people will buy it for 1/8 conversions, but there is not a factory ready 1/8 scale anything for the MMM to go in. I am sure that an electric ready 1/8 will be produced, or at least a conversion kit to retrofit an existing nitro vehicle. I know that most people on this forum will buy a MMM, me included, probably buy a new Emaxx too. But we already know how to handle a semi HV system. Think of how any MM are still being used with stick packs! 90% of the people who bought MM did not even use the pc program feature, and it was included! We are a very small part of the market, plane and boats are bigger, cause they can make more power with electric than any other method. Plus the car market is dominated by nitro, and the people who like nitro("electric sucks, nitro rules, huh huh huh!") Just saying that we need some dedicated electric 1/8 scale and monster trucks to make ther MMM a success like the MM. My hat is off the CC for actually making this product, that may not be a huge seller, and offering the high quality motor, which was my only problem with the MM system. They are actually making a product for a very specialized market, and hoping that it will cause a big change. No one can say that the MM wasn't responsible for the brushless explosion. Novak made the race system, but CC outfits the basher, and there are many more bashers than racers. Hell, even the crawler crowd have even embraced the MM, there is no more adjustable esc, brushed or brushless, for a crawler. Alot of Savage parts for sale!!!