MGM article on voltage under braking & lipo quality

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by florianz

good find; but honestly, what I can't understand is that these expensive esc's are not free of trouble. I have one of these cheapo-plane esc's, modded with some bigger caps. never cogged, no matter how bad the abuse is, it works.
so when I see people spending 200,- for just a controller, which burns after 2 weeks, I wonder if that stuff is worth the money...

they say, expensive must be betta!!! sure??

Myself, I don't care as I could not spend that money for the controller...

hey if you cant tell the difference good for you. I tried a million different cheapo chinese air escs before buying a monster. I can't stand the motor startup algorithm used in air escs. it's optimised for a propellor driven vehicle and isn't made to stop and start like cars often do *shudders* ill never go near another air esc.

[zeropointbug]

air esc in a surface R/C = crap

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

air esc in a surface R/C = crap

a more concise version of the point I was making above

With the right software, why wouldn't an air-esc be just as good as any other car esc?

[florianz]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

air esc in a surface R/C = crap

well, I know that there is no such thing like a proper break in these things. why? dammn, the're made for planes... comments like that= crap.

thats why I will get myself a proper car esc. there are some new ones coming out right now here in germany, and when they have proven to be good, I will get one.

BUT:
the reliability and the cogging-free throttle is - at least at the one I have - just great, nothing less. So I wonder, why can't other esc's of big brands be at least the same reliable? I've payed about 40,- euro and only water was able to kill them, indestructable stuff.

That is something I can't understand, and that was the point of my post.

florian