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Matthew_Armeni · 07.29.2008, 02:45 PM

You have to look at the average RC car driver and compare him/her to an average helicopter/airplane/boat flyer/driver. Usually, the boat helo crowd are more experienced, older, and not always after a grin inducing high speed run. They know what the limits of their setup really are, match battery and motor combos correctly, and expect to get what they pay for. Us car guys, however, are a little different. There are tons of new, inexperienced drivers, a lot pay hobby shops to fix their gear for them, tune their engines, and are not really interested in why something's not working right, just that it should because they spent a grand on it. Does the average car driver know how to install a BEC, let alone know what one is? Does the average car driver take the time to figure out what motor can work with their controller and what battery they should run? The fact is, the average car driver does not. Castle knows this. They don't want to create extra work for their customer support or repair teams so they put guidelines, such as 3s limits, motor kv limits, etc. To create a car controller for car guys they had to make it over robust because people will run a 1515 1.5D on 6s, even though that's a crazy setup, people do it. Hence the MMM, 200 amp capable and a built in 6s BEC.
If Castle called the MM a 5s capable controller their repair rate would skyrocket. Most people would miss the whole w/o internal BEC asterisk. And while the MM does work on 6s you can't forget that we are talking about racing setups. 40mph max. so a 6s battery but with a 1300kv motor. 5s with 1700kv. 4s with 2000kv.
By the way, running the 1515 1Y on 5s through the MM is a little much. That's a lot of amps and voltage at the same time. You should gear down to reduce heat and you might get some runtime advantage, but not a whole lot. The 2.5D is a better match for 5s.

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Matthew_Armeni RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 305 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Diego, CA	07.29.2008, 02:45 PM You have to look at the average RC car driver and compare him/her to an average helicopter/airplane/boat flyer/driver. Usually, the boat helo crowd are more experienced, older, and not always after a grin inducing high speed run. They know what the limits of their setup really are, match battery and motor combos correctly, and expect to get what they pay for. Us car guys, however, are a little different. There are tons of new, inexperienced drivers, a lot pay hobby shops to fix their gear for them, tune their engines, and are not really interested in why something's not working right, just that it should because they spent a grand on it. Does the average car driver know how to install a BEC, let alone know what one is? Does the average car driver take the time to figure out what motor can work with their controller and what battery they should run? The fact is, the average car driver does not. Castle knows this. They don't want to create extra work for their customer support or repair teams so they put guidelines, such as 3s limits, motor kv limits, etc. To create a car controller for car guys they had to make it over robust because people will run a 1515 1.5D on 6s, even though that's a crazy setup, people do it. Hence the MMM, 200 amp capable and a built in 6s BEC. If Castle called the MM a 5s capable controller their repair rate would skyrocket. Most people would miss the whole w/o internal BEC asterisk. And while the MM does work on 6s you can't forget that we are talking about racing setups. 40mph max. so a 6s battery but with a 1300kv motor. 5s with 1700kv. 4s with 2000kv. By the way, running the 1515 1Y on 5s through the MM is a little much. That's a lot of amps and voltage at the same time. You should gear down to reduce heat and you might get some runtime advantage, but not a whole lot. The 2.5D is a better match for 5s.