If I was the owner, what would I do?

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

I don't know if we had more sales than Traxxas -- just don't know how much Traxxas did.

Between our Industrial, Hobby, and Military controllers we build between 20,000 and 30,000 controllers a month. Hobby is about 85% of our business (but industrial and military are growing.)

My biggest issue is getting time to work on hobby controllers and projects -- too much other stuff always taking my time...

I win!!! I win!!!



Patrick, why go to Jamaica when you got that cute little Lotus you can drive all over the place? C'mon....that's GOTTA be a fun little car! (I dare you to throw a supercharger or turbo on it.....)

And DAMN. You had double the amount of sales as Traxxas did if Lutach's numbers are even somewhat close! Whew! Looks like I should take that part out of my post now huh? Haha!

So Patrick; ever thought about getting into the Electric Vehicle market? I bet you could make a pretty kickass controller for the next gen Tesla Roadster eh?

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe

I win!!! I win!!!



Patrick, why go to Jamaica when you got that cute little Lotus you can drive all over the place? C'mon....that's GOTTA be a fun little car! (I dare you to throw a supercharger or turbo on it.....)

And DAMN. You had double the amount of sales as Traxxas did if Lutach's numbers are even somewhat close! Whew! Looks like I should take that part out of my post now huh? Haha!

So Patrick; ever thought about getting into the Electric Vehicle market? I bet you could make a pretty kickass controller for the next gen Tesla Roadster eh?

Dude, I live in Kansas --- I don't think there is a curvy piece of road to drive my Lotus on in the entire state. It's sad, but I haven't had the Lotus out since March... :*(

We've been looking at the EV market very closely. There is a lot of potential there. :)

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Dude, I live in Kansas --- I don't think there is a curvy piece of road to drive my Lotus on in the entire state. It's sad, but I haven't had the Lotus out since March... :*(

We've been looking at the EV market very closely. There is a lot of potential there. :)

I've been planning on building a electric race car for a long time now, but with the economy going the way it is, I'm having trouble finding some heavy hitter investors to jump in as well. I already found the motor, battery and a few chassis to use, but when the numbers came in I was like .

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by lutach

I've been planning on building a electric race car for a long time now, but with the economy going the way it is, I'm having trouble finding some heavy hitter investors to jump in as well. I already found the motor, battery and a few chassis to use, but when the numbers came in I was like .

Tell me about it... Did a quick SWAG at cost for a 640hp peak, 80hp continuous motor, controller, and Lithium battery (190V, 400AH) for an application -- came up with almost $200K.

The controller was the cheapest part.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Tell me about it... Did a quick SWAG at cost for a 640hp peak, 80hp continuous motor, controller, and Lithium battery (190V, 400AH) for an application -- came up with almost $200K.

The controller was the cheapest part.

I almost dropped dead after my numbers kept going up. I was going for a 900Vdc, 400Arms, but the motor can go up to 700HP at 20000rpm and each lithium cell can put out 750A cont. and 1100A pulses. When all was said and done if I went ahead I could've almost match Traxxas sells number.

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Dude, I live in Kansas --- I don't think there is a curvy piece of road to drive my Lotus on in the entire state. It's sad, but I haven't had the Lotus out since March... :*(

We've been looking at the EV market very closely. There is a lot of potential there. :)

LOL! Same thing here in Florida. When I was driving my '93 LX Mustang (with a few handling/chassis mods) I was ITCHIN' to find some twisty roads. BAH! There's not even a HILL in South Florida... Now where I go to school in Central Florida....there's actually some fun roads.

Ah, so you have been looking at the EV market....you sneaky guy you! That'd be awesome to have a 1/10 RC vehicle powered by Castle, and then a 1:1 ALSO powered by Castle.

Hey, quick question, but are induction motors possible for RC cars (IE- would they be a good option for them?). From what I understand, and induction motor is simply a brushless motor that doesn't have a magnet, but rather a steel or iron rotor that has a current induced in it from one of the surrounding coils. The Tesla uses it IIRC. I also remember that they're a bit tricky to drive from an ESC standpoint, and require some serious programming and start up skills.

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe

Patrick, why go to Jamaica when you got that cute little Lotus you can drive all over the place? C'mon....that's GOTTA be a fun little car! (I dare you to throw a supercharger or turbo on it.....)

Just make it brushless.




If I was the owner of CC Id have someone look into the fans on the Monster Max. I have 2 and they both died in a matter of 30 minutes of track time.

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by jhautz

Just make it brushless.




If I was the owner of CC Id have someone look into the fans on the Monster Max. I have 2 and they both died in a matter of 30 minutes of track time.

We are looking into the fans -- they are causing a significant percentage of the failures (they run off the BEC, and some of the fan failures are killing the BEC.)

We're looking to change the fans -- these are having too high a failure rate.

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

We are looking into the fans -- they are causing a significant percentage of the failures (they run off the BEC, and some of the fan failures are killing the BEC.)

We're looking to change the fans -- these are having too high a failure rate.

Sweet. When you get it sorted send a couple my way. I have two Monsters running fanless.




Sorry for the thread jack......

[lutach]

Originally Posted by jhautz

Sorry for the thread jack......

No problem, I do it all the time .

Originally Posted by jhautz

Just make it brushless.

There's already one like that; it's called the Tesla Roadster- although it's not really a brushless motor, but an induction motor (so yeah, a type of brushless I guess?). Lotus helped to design the car in fact (and that is why it resembles the Elise or Exige to a certain extent). And to top it off, it's powered by A123 cells! The battery pack alone weighs about 900 lbs.

Too bad it's also a 150,000 dollar car....

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe

There's already one like that; it's called the Tesla Roadster- although it's not really a brushless motor, but an induction motor (so yeah, a type of brushless I guess?). Lotus helped to design the car in fact (and that is why it resembles the Elise or Exige to a certain extent). And to top it off, it's powered by A123 cells! The battery pack alone weighs about 900 lbs.

Too bad it's also a 150,000 dollar car....

Tesla can't touch the Eliica (Now that is a electric car) and now with all the change in management. The Tesla does not use A123 from what I know.