Align 600XL - How is it?

[sl1]

According to this there is a car profile in all the air master esc's
http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo...125_manual.doc

I talked to Quark and they said that the profiles were diffrent between the air master and the monster esc so I will give it a try.

[suicideneil]

The Airmaster will work like the regular 125b, but there are fewer programming options (it still has forward/brake/reverse). IIRC, they have trouble with fully peaked 6s packs, but work fine once the batteries have dropped in voltage a tiny bit.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

The Airmaster will work like the regular 125b, but there are fewer programming options (it still has forward/brake/reverse). IIRC, they have trouble with fully peaked 6s packs, but work fine once the batteries have dropped in voltage a tiny bit.

I have both the airmaster 65 and 80. The software is different from the car version. It does have a reverse feature, but not proportinal brakes. It could work in a boat, but not a car. Great forward only esc, I have my 80 in a tekno revo and it works well with my aveox 2000kk and 5s lipo.

The older airmasters had all of the software, but the newer models do not have any of the car modes.

[Mailman]

Just a little update on the 600XL - I ran it for about 5 minutes the other day in my XT8 with Truerc 4S 6400 and a MM and it was cogging on start up. If I was real slow on the throttle it wasn't too bad and once it was going it had all kinds of power. So this morning I eliminated the bullet connectors on the motor and just wired them directly to the MM motor wires. I also changed the starting power from low to high to see what would happen. I put it down and - cog,cog - magical smoke. This is my only esc. so I guess I will be down for a little while until Castle can get it repaired. The motor seems to make a lot of power, but the MM just can't handle it. I think I am just going to buy a Feigao 9XL for now until Castle or Tekin bring out there new controllers.

[lincpimp]

That sucks, The quark controllers run the align motor fine, the 80b will most likely work well for your application. I would add some extra caps to it, but otherwise you will be fine.

[Serum]

I would like to test that motor. What should i take.. The XL or the L.... eruh..

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Serum

I would like to test that motor. What should i take.. The XL or the L.... eruh..

I have the L and used it on the BPP truck. The motor is freakish powerful and I even ran it a few times with 36 volts.

[Serum]

Okay, so an L size should be more than enough. What about the temperature? have you got a movie of this motor in action? i was trying to get an audible glimps of the turbine effect it had..

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Serum

Okay, so an L size should be more than enough. What about the temperature? have you got a movie of this motor in action? i was trying to get an audible glimps of the turbine effect it had..

The L size will be more then enough. Temp wise it runs cool. The magnet housing acts like a fan. It's funny, I think I never made a movie of it running.

[Mailman]

I would just get the XL. From what I have read on the heli forums the XL has a lot more power than the L and it's not much more money.

I think the problem I had is because of the 600XL being an outrunner. I guess they are harder to start up than an inrunner. It must have been too much for the MM with the starting power on high. I sent an email to Castle about a month ago asking if an outrunner would be a problem and I never got a reply. I guess I figured it out myself.

[Mailman]

Serum

Here is a video kenkamm made with the 600XL in a Revo

http://learic.com/revo/Revo_Testing_2.wmv

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Mailman

Serum

Here is a video kenkamm made with the 600XL in a Revo

http://learic.com/revo/Revo_Testing_2.wmv

That is the sound, but it is amplified a bit when 22.2 volts are used. Now with 36 volts, it sounds just like an SR-71 hitting the afterburner.

[Serum]

Well, Thank you!

that thing is geared pretty tall if you ask me. (geared for low speed) You know what controller is used on that one? it's ~4S i assume? for some reason it doesn't look peppy, the sound is cool though!

[Serum]

Okay, here is more info;

http://learic.com/revo/

My guess is that the batteries drop in voltage pretty bad.

[lincpimp]

He is using the align esc too. Batteries look to be the 8s a123 in series? It has two balancer plugs, maybe 4s2p emoli cells? Any other info? Nice, clean conversion though!