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BrianG · 02.15.2007, 09:08 PM

Basically, you can use whatever heatsink you want depending on your application. I've used an 1/8" thick angle aluminum with a small heatsink mounted on the "leg", some have used jhautz's heatsink, etc. Whatever will work for you. Just use thermal epoxy to secure the heatsink to the back of the Quark case. Once you do that, you won't have heat problems and you won't even need a fan. Even without the mod, I've never thermaled; I just wanted my ESC to run as cool as possible.

About the fans; some swear by them - I try to avoid them if possible. It's just one more mechanical thing to go wrong and they tend to go bad faster in dusty track environments. Just my $0.02.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	02.15.2007, 09:08 PM Basically, you can use whatever heatsink you want depending on your application. I've used an 1/8" thick angle aluminum with a small heatsink mounted on the "leg", some have used jhautz's heatsink, etc. Whatever will work for you. Just use thermal epoxy to secure the heatsink to the back of the Quark case. Once you do that, you won't have heat problems and you won't even need a fan. Even without the mod, I've never thermaled; I just wanted my ESC to run as cool as possible. About the fans; some swear by them - I try to avoid them if possible. It's just one more mechanical thing to go wrong and they tend to go bad faster in dusty track environments. Just my $0.02.