New traxxas castle mamba monster extreme?

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I have seen his products, I was going to buy his programming products for my gt3b.

I know several local guys who have bought things from him and had good success so he seems like a stand up character.

[RC toy]

I can't find any pictures or info on Castle link live. Is it really just like on PC but can be adjusted on iPod?

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by RC toy

I can't find any pictures or info on Castle link live. Is it really just like on PC but can be adjusted on iPod?

There are videos of the Traxxas link App in action, showing things like voltage and rpms being relayed from the esc, and also showing transmitter adjustments, but I haven't seen any video or images of the esc-adjustment side of things....

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

There are videos of the Traxxas link App in action, showing things like voltage and rpms being relayed from the esc, and also showing transmitter adjustments, but I haven't seen any video or images of the esc-adjustment side of things....

To have telemetry AND adjust the ESC, you need TWO iDevices...

/sarcasm

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by BrianG

To have telemetry AND adjust the ESC, you need TWO iDevices...

/sarcasm

Fortunately they all only cost $100...if you don't mind it being broken, that is

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by BrianG

To have telemetry AND adjust the ESC, you need TWO iDevices...

/sarcasm

no no no

whats up next is esc's that require a sim card
that way you can pay at&t $100 a month

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by RC toy

I can't find any pictures or info on Castle link live. Is it really just like on PC but can be adjusted on iPod?

Castle Link Live is a data protocol that communicates with a receiver, for settings/data and throttle while the ESC is operational.

We designed and wrote the protocol about two years ago. Traxxas is the first company to exploit it.

[crazyjr]

I am thinking that the esc programming is in the traxxas app, seems that patrick said in this thread it was designed for traxxas Only apps, so thinking Castle is using the traxxas app to test viability of a similar setup for programming. I'm not sure if it's been answered, wether the MMM extreme can be programmed by the castle link

[josh9mille]

Totally unrelated to CC or the Traxxas car, but it requires an iphone as well. I thought this was pretty cool, I just came across this on craigslist tonight. http://spokane.craigslist.org/tag/2725392472.html

It's funny how no-one has complained about the AR drone needing a iOS device to operate. I guess they get a little leeway, for not being Traxxas.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by CarstenL

It's funny how no-one has complained about the AR drone needing a iOS device to operate. I guess they get a little leeway, for not being Traxxas.

How do you know nobody complained about the iPhone leash, then didn't buy one because they couldn't use it? If you could control it over WiFi or BlueTooth using a computer it would be more easily accessible. Heck, if you could use telepathy ANYONE could use it. But then we'd have to put an iPhone-only unlock ability on it so that some crazy person doesn't get their hands on it and ram it into people

Originally Posted by BrianG

To be blunt, the lawsuit/liability thing is just bull****. This whole hobby is a lawsuit waiting to happen; you have lipos that can burn your house down if you don't treat them right, gears that can chomp a finger if you are stupid enough to go near them while it's running, voltages that can harm you (for HV people), currents that can generate enough heat to burn, and so on. And really, a ~10lb vehicle will hurt just as much doing 70mph into your ankle as 100mph. Idiots will get hurt and hurt others no matter what you do.

+1. And as for idiots hurting themselves, I've done it! Hit myself with my Baja before (not at full speed, but fast enough to know I don't want to do it again). Also had my plane try to take off in my lap while I was working with it, my fault for not waiting until I was ready to fly before plugging the battery in. Tore right through my shorts and tore up my leg (you may have seen the pics on my Facebook) and I still have the scars ~2 years later. !@#$ happens, it's the nature of the hobby.

[lincpimp]

That craigslist ad was funny. I am going to cal lhim and see if he can ship me a free cat. Cause I do not won a cat, and would like to have a cat before I get an ar drone.

[suicideneil]

Meh, the drone thing has been out for a while & was designed solely to work with the iPhone; the drone is an iPhone accessory essentially so you can't really complain about it not having a standard remote.

The XO-1 however is a 'standard' r/c car which requires an iDevice to unlock extra features- that's what has peeved so many guys really.

I think the main issue isn't so much price of the iPhone/plod/touchmyself since they can be bought cheaply used as pointed out already, it's more to do with having to buy a 'new' phone or mp3 player just to access the features... of an r/c car.

I'd rather have seen castle and/or traxxas release their own touch-screen device that plugged into the transmitter or esc ( with an add-on of some sort- wireless castlelink adaptor if you will ) to open up the extra features, atleast that way people aren't so put-out by having to buy into an Apple product they won't otherwise use...

[cmac]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Meh, the drone thing has been out for a while & was designed solely to work with the iPhone; the drone is an iPhone accessory essentially so you can't really complain about it not having a standard remote.

The XO-1 however is a 'standard' r/c car which requires an iDevice to unlock extra features- that's what has peeved so many guys really.

I think the main issue isn't so much price of the iPhone/plod/touchmyself since they can be bought cheaply used as pointed out already, it's more to do with having to buy a 'new' phone or mp3 player just to access the features... of an r/c car.

I'd rather have seen castle and/or traxxas release their own touch-screen device that plugged into the transmitter or esc ( with an add-on of some sort- wireless castlelink adaptor if you will ) to open up the extra features, atleast that way people aren't so put-out by having to buy into an Apple product they won't otherwise use...

I think it would have been nice if they just did away with the whole unlock feature and just had a controller with a screen and telemetry all in one unit. They could have charged a little more, but in the end they would have something that was RTR and would have been completely unique.

Originally Posted by cmac

I think it would have been nice if they just did away with the whole unlock feature and just had a controller with a screen and telemetry all in one unit. They could have charged a little more, but in the end they would have something that was RTR and would have been completely unique.

But then they would have a 100mph vehicle, without getting people to sign a waiver=lawsuit waiting to happen.