mamba xlx questions

[phildogg]

Yes it has to be too many people with the same problem. There was a write up on facebook i'll post here also confirming whats going on. I have witnessed the mmx doing this myself. seems limited to a certain current. on data log 3s pulled 152, went to 4s same setup amps only climbed to 159 . it should have shot up much higher.

Facebook write up:
"Ok guys, I've got some bad news for some of you. I talked to Castle today and they confirmed that they have implemented a much more aggressive current limiting strategy in ALL their ESCs in firmware versions 1.26 and later to reduce their failure rate. That means that Castle ESCs will no longer surge to ~2X their rated continuous power for speedrun applications. You will still probably get short peeks of higher current, but the long 4-5 second surges we have grown used to may be a thing of the past. The good news is that in-run Voltage sag will probably be lower, so the “average” power you get over a run may end up being a little higher (I still need to work through the math to confirm this, though)

Continuous ratings for the current crop of Castle ESCs are listed below.
Sidewinder 1/10 Scale: 70 Amps
Sidewinder 8th Scale: 90 Amps
Mamba Max Pro 1/10 Scale: 100 Amps
Mamba Monster 1/2/X: 120 Amps
Mamba Monster XL2: 150 Amps
Mamba Monster XLX: 160 Amps

Don’t shoot the messenger. ;-)

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