MMM availibility date dropped!

[MTBikerTim]

I can't wait. This is going to be awesome. I am going to start saving my pennies for sure.

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

From RCGroups:



There ya go. A real date (well, month at least) and I believe this one. Start saving your pennies kids, it's gonna be a wild summer!

Sleeb

I thought January was THE date. I have expressed my feelings about companies that don't do what they say they are going to do...It is sad that all the American companies that are in this ESC industry can't live up to the competition overseas. I will resist the urge to jump up on my soapbox.

[Takedown]

Finally! Ive been waiting to hear this for awhile.

[pipeous]

there have been pics of the mmm testing leaking out here and there. if they weren't working out bugs, why would the release date change?

[Dagger Thrasher]

Finally!

Though they said the same back in November...that it'd be out in January. Oh well...hopefully this is for real now. The last thing Patrick said was that they were just waiting for the plastics (the casing) to be done, which is done by an outside source I think. Maybe they had a delay there. But there's not much reason as to why there'd be any bugs IMO; like has been said, the software is finished and ready to go and Castle know how to build a good powerboard. :)

[BrianG]

Just wrap the sucker in shrinkwrap like the other 90% of ESCs out there!

[suicideneil]

True. Since the MMM will have a fan built into the case, does this mean you will have a good excuse to rip it apart, ditch the fan, and shrinkwrap it anyway Brian!?

[Sower]

What the heck, I guess I'll throw my $.02 in the barrell too. I'm stoked about this. I'm pretty confident the MMM won't have issues out of the box if used within it's specs up to 6s. I'm also stoked on it over the MGM because it will have reliable reverse, brakes, programming flexibility, and it has a better built in BEC. The MGM only went up to 5v and I wasn't happy with that. A steering servo on 6v is a beautiful thing.

Oh, and I won't be able to race anything until March here in Idaho anyway. Too wet or cold.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

True. Since the MMM will have a fan built into the case, does this mean you will have a good excuse to rip it apart, ditch the fan, and shrinkwrap it anyway Brian!?

Ditch the fan: definitely! Don't know if everyone has caught on, but I hate to use fans.

[pipeous]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Ditch the fan: definitely! Don't know if everyone has caught on, but I hate to use fans.

if not fans, are all you doing then is adding caps to cool things down? I have been following the rctech forum on the brushless 8th scale conversions, that's how I found this place.... 2 conversions later....

I am just about to mount the esc and I am trying to decide how I would fit a 2 fan setup in this one. ya I know search, and I am reading... so much info here I get sidetracked. 2 days I have been on the site snowbound at home. I am a long time nitro racer and after a nightmare year with engines last year, decided to get into this brushless stuff. I did run helis but other than play with cels, most combos I got worked without worry.

I have a neu 2.5d and running a 4s setup. going to do the cap setup (I read multi caps is better than a single large one, parallel I assume... just need to decide what to use), mamba max, castle bec, 5k 20c lipos.

any advice or links on this stuff would be an awesome help. this site rocks. I am so addicted now, and I love Castle stuff.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by pipeous

if not fans, are all you doing then is adding caps to cool things down? I have been following the rctech forum on the brushless 8th scale conversions, that's how I found this place.... 2 conversions later....

I am just about to mount the esc and I am trying to decide how I would fit a 2 fan setup in this one. ya I know search, and I am reading... so much info here I get sidetracked. 2 days I have been on the site snowbound at home. I am a long time nitro racer and after a nightmare year with engines last year, decided to get into this brushless stuff. I did run helis but other than play with cels, most combos I got worked without worry.

I have a neu 2.5d and running a 4s setup. going to do the cap setup (I read multi caps is better than a single large one, parallel I assume... just need to decide what to use), mamba max, castle bec, 5k 20c lipos.

any advice or links on this stuff would be an awesome help. this site rocks. I am so addicted now, and I love Castle stuff.

It's just that I think using fans is compensation for bad gearing. I generally like to add larger heatsinks and position them so they take advantage of airflow when possible. Look at the BL Conversions link in my sig; all my Quarks have added heatsinks and run very well. The two MM ESCs I have are in smaller vehicles so they're fine as-is.

Adding from two to four caps does help with heat issues, but you don't see as noticeable gains going more than that. Put them in parallel on the power leads as close to the ESC as possible. Generally, 330uF caps are the normal size to choose and find ones with a voltage at least 25% higher than the max battery voltage you plan to use. So, for a 4s setup (16.8v max @ 4.2v/cell), I use 25v caps. Using higher voltage ones is fine but they get physically bigger so placement becomes an issue.

I had one nitro revo for about 6 months before I got tired of nitro mess, noise, engine break-in proc, after run proc, tuning hassles, etc. I've always been an electronics type of guy so the progression was natural in my case.

[MTBikerTim]

I've just seen the helicopter I want is now available locally. Heli or MMM, Heli or MMM.....


... Ahh the misses isn't going to approve the purchase of either but I could probably sneek the MMM past her .

[highflier]

Originally Posted by MTBikerTim

I've just seen the helicopter I want is now available locally. Heli or MMM, Heli or MMM.....


... Ahh the missis isn't going to approve the purchase of either but I could probably sneek the MMM past her .

You'll get caught.... And since your going to get in trouble.... make it worth it and get both :)


I was hopefull that Castle would come out with a HV MMM Those HV car stuff is always big $$$$ ... I would like to see a price affordable option, something that can handle 9s A123.

Highflier

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by highflier

You'll get caught.... And since your going to get in trouble.... make it worth it and get both :)


I was hopefull that Castle would come out with a HV MMM Those HV car stuff is always big $$$$ ... I would like to see a price affordable option, something that can handle 9s A123.

Highflier

Good point, I like the way you think. This would be me and this would be the misses .

PS: If you see a homeless guy with a little black dog don't throw bottles.

[nitrorube]

i cant say who told me but the person i was talking to said the monster would be out in march and that there would be a neu motor to go with it