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slimthelineman · 11:59 AM

Wow....... Don't think you expectations are too high, but your whining is off the charts. For every one person that can't get it to work there is probably a hundred that it works great for. So what's the real issue here? I mean it's not like complaining makes it work right? Figure it out or get rid of it. Fishing for a magical solution or answer on the forum by complaining about everything YOU feel is wrong is disrespectful in my opinion. Bustin your chops a bit but c'mon man you got a few cars and some experience, use it. Don't expect your budget system to run like your race speedo either. As it's been said this is a spec system so how can you compare it to the mmpro?

Pdelcast · 11.23.2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by slimthelineman

Wow....... Don't think you expectations are too high, but your whining is off the charts. For every one person that can't get it to work there is probably a hundred that it works great for. So what's the real issue here? I mean it's not like complaining makes it work right? Figure it out or get rid of it. Fishing for a magical solution or answer on the forum by complaining about everything YOU feel is wrong is disrespectful in my opinion. Bustin your chops a bit but c'mon man you got a few cars and some experience, use it. Don't expect your budget system to run like your race speedo either. As it's been said this is a spec system so how can you compare it to the mmpro?

Ah, I kinda like the feedback. Helps me on the next revision...

You do have to update the software in the field link for it to work with the Sidewinder SCT.

The ESC kinda feels cheap, cause it's kinda cheap. What do you want for $99 for a combo with a tremendous motor?

Really, the motor is about 70% of our cost. We were shooting for a ROAR legal (for SCT racing) motor and ESC. We know how much it cost to make the motor, so I designed an ESC that would give us the ability to hit a $99.00 street price, yet still perform well enough to handle the motor.

150F - 160F is nothing -- the ESC will handle about 300F without damage. It has a two level over-temp detection, which means it will punish you if you push it too hard (if it detects an extreme temperature ramp, it will shut down until temps settle down -- shows as a 30-40 second shutdown.) We use 200F as our heat sink maximum temperature for normal operation.

Just rambling...

Patrick