Talked to Castle About Monster Maxx

[jhautz]

I was at the International Hobby Expo in Chicago this weekend. Of course Castle Creations was there. I started asking questions about the Monster Maxx and at first they were not willing to provide much info on the new systems capabilities. But I kept probing with questions about small details and I got a little info that I thought that you all might find interesting.


I told them I was putting together a system and was trying to decide if I should wait for the Monster Maxx to come out or just go with something else and that if it was going to be in the next few months I would wait. The response was "I wouldn't wait then, I'd be surprised if was before next summer".

Then in talking about the system I wanted to set up I was discussing options on the market for controllers and I told him I wanted to run either 5s or 6s lipo. He then whispered "if you go with 5s and a high efficiency motor like a Nue, you can run the Mamba Maxx with an external BEC and it will handle it, but thats unofficial and I can't say that so don't tell anyone" (as he smiled). Then I asked if I want 6s I should wait for the Monster Maxx. He said "yea".


Not sure if this is new info, but I thought some of you might be interested in the hint at timing and 6s capability of the Monster maxx and also outside the specs capability of the Mamba maxx.

[squeeforever]

Wow...The MM can handle 5S for sure!?!?! Damn...And to think, they only rate it for 3S....

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Wow...The MM can handle 5S for sure!?!?! Damn...And to think, they only rate it for 3S....

I wouldn't say for sure.... But with the right setup he seemed to think it would. I'm sure it was base on some knowledge of testing.

I asked him about a low voltage cut off for 5s and he thought that there would be a way to set it manually for 15V. He said if I sent him an email next week he would try and find about the manual low voltage cut off setting for 5s.

According to this post: http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...?t=4333&page=2
the Monster is coming out in 2.5 months. Don't you just love the net?

[jhautz]

Yea. I read that too.

Just telling you about the conversation I had. Who knows whats actually correct.

[crazyjr]

Its starting to look like the mambamax is becomming the best rc value ever, 4-5s at $140.00

[captain harlock]

this might give us all a hint about how incredible the Monster Max might turn out.
I believe that we can easily use 7-9s easily with the monster max and the price wont go real high, about 220-250 dollars, which is amazing for a highend piece of technology.

[starscream]

Originally Posted by captain harlock

this might give us all a hint about how incredible the Monster Max might turn out.
I believe that we can easily use 7-9s easily with the monster max and the price wont go real high, about 220-250 dollars, which is amazing for a highend piece of technology.

I hope you're right. If they make us wait this long, it better be good :027:
If they can produce the HV110, they should be able to make one for cars too...

[glassdoctor]

Originally Posted by knotted

According to this post: http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...?t=4333&page=2
the Monster is coming out in 2.5 months. Don't you just love the net?

IMO don't expect the MMM this soon... they are not that close at this point. They are not even beta testing yet. Of course it's possible that things could happen quick once they start testing, but that's being VERY optimistic.

I'm hoping that they are on the market by the beginning of the race season next spring. Anything sooner is a bonus.

[Serum]

Hang on.. I'll grab my mm and see if the LVC can be set to 15V...

[Serum]

Yes, it goes all the way up to 17.1V cutoff..

Perhaps auto works on 5S too..

[MetalMan]

The production Mamba Max units started shipping two or three weeks after the beta testing period ended. Unless there are big problems with the MMM, it too should come out about two or three weeks after beta testing.

[BrianG]

The focus for the MMM seems to be the ESCs. But I also wonder how good their bundled motors will be? The MM motors aren't bad at all. They seem like a very good fit for their intended purpose. Of course, most people may simply choose their own motor like the Neu instead, but this will hopefully be a fairly inexpensive competitor to the HV stuff...

[coolhandcountry]

I just be glad to see some more competetion. I like the chance of a good 6s
running esc to.

[crazyjr]

According to what i hear, they will be XL sized. If they are as good as the cm36 motors, I don't think you will ever need another