Castle Creations Phoenix 110HV controller

[Serum]

Nice for speedruns, but it doesn't say anything about his further behaviour.

Starscream used it in his truck too

[starscream]

Hey Serum,
I did use the HV110 on my truck but it had some undesirable and random issues because of its incompatibility with pistal grip transmitters. The controller handled 8s with a 12xl wanderer quite well. The wanderer got pretty hot but the esc was relatively cool. I was able to get the HV to work with my JR XS3 but not with my Nomadio Sensor. I must say that the 12xl on 8S was a bit too much even for me and I'm a power hungry fool :027:

I have since purchased the Quark Monster Pro 125B from Mike and am pleased with it so far.

[Serum]

I guess you need to setup the 0 line, right? because it's meant to start from negative with the plane RC?

So once programmed right (or using a stick transmitter) it works okay?

braking with it is not an option, right Starscream?

[starscream]

Serum,
The controller does have braking options however, because of the way around the 0 line issue it won't shouldn't work. I never use esc brakes as I run manual brakes on all my trucks.

By default, the nuetral position of the throttle is half throttle. In order to get around that, I configured the esc full brakes to the nuetral position of the trigger. I then configured the esc for forward only and was able to control the tuck normally. This worked with my XS3 but not my Sensor.
The only problem with this was that every now and then, when I used the manual brakes, the esc would reset and the nuetral position would revert back to half throttle which actual is more like full throttle. Its not cool to have you truck take off WOT out of control :019:
I was able to stop the truck because of the manual brakes but still... not cool.
I have since given up with the HV because it is currently not reliable.