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glassdoctor · 08:36 PM

Shawn is pretty much the only one at Castle that will green light using the Mamba as many of us are doing in big apps. But that is always with the understanding that the user knows what he is doing and that they are exceeding the intended use of hte controller. Warranty really doesn't cover these setups... but I can say they are very good to their customers so I personally don't worry about it.

I'm sure we can understand that they can't just ok such use publicly because many would end up smoking them due to poor setup/gearing, too many cells, etc

Shawn would strongly recomend using an effecient motor and of course gearing properly and monitoring gearing/temps. The Mamba has built in protection so it should not self destruct as some controllers tend to do... it will just shut down it you push it past the limits.

The bec is not a poor design and it has built in protection too... but what they say will happen when at it's limits is that it will shut off to protect itself and turn back on. It can do this many times per second if neccessary and this will be seen as at least a serious glitch if not complete shut off.

I would just run a separate bec... it's proven to be a solid setup. I don't recall anyone NOT using one is 12+ cell 1/8 setups. And they are only $15...

I have a couple from Dan at truerc.com... they were $15 and shipping was only a couple bucks.

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glassdoctor TEAM FUSION Offline Posts: 2,041 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Iowa... Hawkeye country	10.12.2006, 08:31 PM Shawn is pretty much the only one at Castle that will green light using the Mamba as many of us are doing in big apps. But that is always with the understanding that the user knows what he is doing and that they are exceeding the intended use of hte controller. Warranty really doesn't cover these setups... but I can say they are very good to their customers so I personally don't worry about it. I'm sure we can understand that they can't just ok such use publicly because many would end up smoking them due to poor setup/gearing, too many cells, etc Shawn would strongly recomend using an effecient motor and of course gearing properly and monitoring gearing/temps. The Mamba has built in protection so it should not self destruct as some controllers tend to do... it will just shut down it you push it past the limits. The bec is not a poor design and it has built in protection too... but what they say will happen when at it's limits is that it will shut off to protect itself and turn back on. It can do this many times per second if neccessary and this will be seen as at least a serious glitch if not complete shut off. I would just run a separate bec... it's proven to be a solid setup. I don't recall anyone NOT using one is 12+ cell 1/8 setups. And they are only $15... I have a couple from Dan at truerc.com... they were $15 and shipping was only a couple bucks. Last edited by glassdoctor; 10.12.2006 at 08:36 PM.