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Originally Posted by RC-Monster Mike
It has a 0-5k pot throttle(Magura twist - very common). I would love a better throttle, but aside from building one there doesn't seem to be many other options. IMO, 90 degrees is a bit stingy - I have at least this much on every gas bike I own, but with 5 or 6 speeds, the actual "speed resolution" is 5 or 6 times better. Certainly 120 degrees of twist would help, as would an exponential throttle - they just don't exist or I don't know where to get one.
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Unfortunately, I don't know enough about how all these throttles are built to offer good suggestions. A pot is simply a wiper arm that scrapes across a resistor giving variable values at the wiper arm contact, so it should have virtually infinite resolution. I wonder if the controller is your limiting factor? It might apply steps of output based on different resistance input thresholds (basically a really low-resolution A-D converter
). Simple testing with a meter at the throttle output should tell you what it's doing, but testing the output of a BL controller to see what its resolution is is a bit more difficult to measure. If it IS a matter of 60* twist not having enough resolution, maybe retrofit a different 5k pot in there? I would be careful about reliability though as the mechanical action of that wiper arm "scraping" does cause wear and "noisy" actuation. I'm kinda surprised digital encoders aren't used to avoid that.
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Originally Posted by crazyjr
...One thing please, If you do get into the E-bike area, please don't let it overtake the rc part. Would suck if RC-Monster didn't do RC parts anymore
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While I agree with you, it is obvious more and more manufacturers are coming out with off-the-shelf electric products, so the custom side of things has to be taking a hit. It's not like the old days where if you wanted an electric toy, you basically had to build it. I think maintaining current custom items is nice for those who still like to tinker, but I can see Mike having to diversify to make enough green to keep the lights on.