MMM availibility date dropped!

[DrKnow65]

I'm sure 6S will be plenty for my hyper7, and one day the direct drive revo I hope to build :)

It won't be long till someone is trying the MMM on 7S, 8S, and up. Just won't be me any time soon.

[glassdoctor]

I've been told a number of different stories about the beta testing from Castle at different times.

... engineers are doing it all in house...
... we are only using a couple beta testers and they are already chosen... (long time ago)
....it's already been done....
...we haven't got to the beta yet...

As I understand, there are local guys and a couple people in the r/c industry who get sent stuff to play with. My guess is that's the MMM beta program for the most part.

So I have wondered too about why they have people sign up but don''t bother to us them or at least send an email to say if you are being used or not. I was supposed to be on the "A" list for the Monster but after Shawn left I never even got a straight answer about anything regarding it, so I gave up on it a long time ago. I'm close enough to drive down to their shop to if needed.

In the end it's not a big deal... just another oddity from the land of Kansas LOL

[captain harlock]

I think they did say they're planning to make a HV version of the Mamba Monster Max, right?

[lutach]

Originally Posted by captain harlock

I think they did say they're planning to make a HV version of the Mamba Monster Max, right?

Patrick said he would offer a 6S and a 12S controller, but with the delays and all Joe has to shine the light on the 12S controller.

[Dagger Thrasher]

If I recall, Patrick said that they *might* do if demand was high enough. That was quite a while back thugh. Bottom line, I guess if we want a HV version we really, really need to make ourselves heard. :-)

[Sower]

6s is high enough for me right now - I'm stoked about that. Maybe hiver voltage in the future, but I personally don't see a need for it in my application. 6s will drop my amps and give me the efficiancy I'm after.

I can't wait to see my MMM 1500 setup on 6s - should be awesome!

[lutach]

If they made the controller 12S from the get go, people could still use it with 6S and later they would just buy a motor with the right Kv and go with a higher voltage.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by lutach

If they made the controller 12S from the get go, people could still use it with 6S and later they would just buy a motor with the right Kv and go with a higher voltage.

True, however, to keep the $300 price point as the 200A 6s ESC, CC would probably have to make it a 100A 12s ESC. Even then it might be hard to do depending on component and other costs.

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by lutach

If they made the controller 12S from the get go, people could still use it with 6S and later they would just buy a motor with the right Kv and go with a higher voltage.

But then they wouldnt sell you another controller.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by BrianG

True, however, to keep the $300 price point as the 200A 6s ESC, CC would probably have to make it a 100A 12s ESC. Even then it might be hard to do depending on component and other costs.

Components are not that expensive. I know, I sell electronic components. A controller might cost $50 (Guessing, but it might be less), but the price of a product have to pay for the people working with them and overhead. Look at this controllers: http://www.himodel.com/electric/HiMo...200A-OPTO.html (200A up to 7S lipos) and this one http://lightflightrc.com/HTML/products/SP_100A_ESC.htm (100A up to 7S and only $39.95). They are not fancy controllers, but they might use the same amount of components. I have mentioned a 1/8 scale truggy and buggy chassis I have designed and I have sent the drawings to Mike. I will only use 10S to 12S lipos with them.

[starscream]

Originally Posted by BrianG

True, however, to keep the $300 price point as the 200A 6s ESC, CC would probably have to make it a 100A 12s ESC. Even then it might be hard to do depending on component and other costs.

I would gladly take a CC 100A 12S controller any day of the week.
I use the HV110 and the only thing missing is motor brakes.

[Arct1k]

Lets get it and play with it before bashing it :) A whole package for 300 with a nue quality motor is an amazing feat in my book...

Lets cut them some slack eh...

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by Arct1k

Lets get it and play with it before bashing it :) A whole package for 300 with a nue quality motor is an amazing feat in my book...

Lets cut them some slack eh...

Not wanting to be too cynical but just because its designed by Neu doesn't mean its Neu quality - for example, did anyone else have experience with the Duratrax DTX .18 engine in the Nitro Evader series, designed by O.S.? Certainly wasn't anywhere near half the quality of an OS motor...

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by Sammus

Not wanting to be too cynical but just because its designed by Neu doesn't mean its Neu quality - for example, did anyone else have experience with the Duratrax DTX .18 engine in the Nitro Evader series, designed by O.S.? Certainly wasn't anywhere near half the quality of an OS motor...

Castles quality is pretty good too though.

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by MTBikerTim

Castles quality is pretty good too though.

haha good point