What is this BS Castle is feeding this customer?

[glassdoctor]

Just to add here:

One of Monsters was killed with a Neu (Enerland god-like cells, lol) pack, so how do we link that to the "blame it on maxamps" answer?

Thing is... the ones that died have simply shut off. No smoke, no heat, no cogging, nothing. And it's happening too quickly imo, to be a blown caps. And it's not a blown FET either. (no cogging, no smoke, no burnt smell)

These are dead in the brain, not the power board. Maybe there is some weird battery-induced thing going on here... but right now it's ALL wild speculation.

[jhautz]

I posted this over there, but it adds to this conversation just as well.

Something else I dont get while reading the Mamba Monster page at the CC site.

How can they rate this for 18 cel NiMH or 6 cell lipo? I dont know of any NiMH cell that can deliver bursts over 125A and maitain 75A continuous.



Here are the specs copied and pasted from the CC site.

Retail Price: Mamba Monster ESC: $199.00

Cells: 18 NiCad/NiMH 6s LiPo
Continuous: More than you can handle!
Resistance: 0.0003 ohms per phase
Brake: Proportional with adjustable curve
Reversible: Yes - with lockout
Low Voltage Cutoff: Programmable
Size: ESC: 2.2" x 1.9" x 1.4"

Weight w/wires: ESC: TBD
Connector Type: 6.5mm bullet


If it was the batteries killing these things they certainly couldnt rate it for NiMH and NiCD cells then. There is no way they can hold the voltage of even crappy lipos.