Mamba Pro - for all you tech-heads

[RC-Monster Mike]

The "continuous" discharge rating on our ESC specs usually does not mean "to eternity". What it meant years ago was "ability to continuously discharge a 2000mah battery at the stated amp rate", for example.
In other words, the "continuous" rating is not "a complete statement" in reality. When the cutting edge battery pack could only deliver 2000mah, for example, the "continuous" rating only needed to be capable of delivering the rated current for the duration of this capacity(100 amp rated cont. discharge of a 2000mah nicad pack would only need to sustain this discharge rate for 1.2 minutes to meet its rated discharge capability).
I am pretty sure that the 2000mah is not the capacity status quo of today, but there is a likely specific capacity attached to the continuous discharge statement(along with a given temperature, etc.). :)