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[Sower]

Originally Posted by Mister-T

Castle did test the Monster max too... But they can't prevent a batch of microchip going bad after XX minutes. They manufacture the ESC but they are not inside :P

Good point - the situation with the MMM had nothing to do with a lack of in house testing. It was strictly a batch of bad parts from a supplier and not on every unit. Tough deal for CC but it happens to the best of them and could happen to Tekin too really. I hope it won't, but it sure could.

[Happywing]

Originally Posted by Sower

Good point - the situation with the MMM had nothing to do with a lack of in house testing. It was strictly a batch of bad parts from a supplier and not on every unit. Tough deal for CC but it happens to the best of them and could happen to Tekin too really. I hope it won't, but it sure could.

The key words here is "house testing." CC claims they did plenty of house testing. Tekin is testing on the track...big difference. A debacle of CC/MMM proportions will not happen with the new Tekin controller. Their testing has been much more thorough. They also got a scare from the abysmal failure of the MMM.

[Sower]

Originally Posted by Happywing

The key words here is "house testing." CC claims they did plenty of house testing. Tekin is testing on the track...big difference. A debacle of CC/MMM proportions will not happen with the new Tekin controller. Their testing has been much more thorough. They also got a scare from the abysmal failure of the MMM.

That's all well and good, but what happened at CC could happen to Tekin and has nothing to do with testing. The fact is that a certain number of controllers got a bad part. The rest didn't. Would you expect them to test all the controllers after production for 2+ hours of race conditions to make sure they're ok? The MMM I have has gone through several hours of racing and performed flawlessly.

Bottom line is that manufacturers rely on the parts of their suppliers. That has nothing to do with previous testing.