What's your favorite ESC?

[kfxguy]

They all can go poof and let the magic smoke out.
This is my current fav......
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Yea well you better have a couple stacks of those bills about an inch thick to afford those things. Lol

[kfxguy]

The v-2 180 is a pretty damn good controller I still have a few.

Lemme know if you ever wanna let one go. I have an awesome billet heatsink I made for one. It's a shame not to use it.

[StevenBryant]

My favourite esc at the moment is the Castle XL2, tuff as hell and nice and compact


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[meangenesracing]

They all can go poof and let the magic smoke out.
This is my current fav......
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you should have put a stack of 100 dollar bills in place of the dollar bill lol

[Keagan-Z06]

Seems castle is getting the popular vote at this time with the old Turnigy a being a close second.

[kfxguy]

No body even mentioned swordfish lmao. They are going to be hurting when someone else releases something that can take the place of the sf300. I'm tired of being forced to use that esc. I don't hate it but I don't like it either.

[Keagan-Z06]

That is exactly what I thought as well. The SF thread went dormant and haven't seen anyone gotten back any feedback other than generic responses. Looking forward to see this ESC you are referring to.

[StevenBryant]

I don't dislike the SF esc, i use several sf200, the problem is they are not as robust as the MGM, Castle, Schulze or even YGE.


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[kfxguy]

That is exactly what I thought as well. The SF thread went dormant and haven't seen anyone gotten back any feedback other than generic responses. Looking forward to see this ESC you are referring to.

I'm not really referring to anything in particular. I'm just saying if someone does. I have heard through reliable sources that one of the "liked" companies mentioned was supposed to be getting back into boat controllers but that was over a year ago.

[kfxguy]

Seriously guys let me ask you a question. Theoretically, say I buy a bunch of xl2 (well the new version) escs from castle , maybe at a discounted price.....and I converted them to water cooling and epoxy coated them and possibly changed the caps to the proper ones (they put the wrong voltage caps in those escs), how much would you guys be willing to pay for one of these escs? I have one in one of my boats pulling mad amps and it hasn't flinched. They drive very well, have reverse (for the silly people like me that prefer to have that option) and they have a nice datalogging feature. Here's mine but of course I dressed it up some.

[oscarel]

Seriously guys let me ask you a question. Theoretically, say I buy a bunch of xl2 (well the new version) escs from castle , maybe at a discounted price.....and I converted them to water cooling and epoxy coated them and possibly changed the caps to the proper ones (they put the wrong voltage caps in those escs), how much would you guys be willing to pay for one of these escs? I have one in one of my boats pulling mad amps and it hasn't flinched. They drive very well, have reverse (for the silly people like me that prefer to have that option) and they have a nice datalogging feature. Here's mine but of course I dressed it up some.

Are the xl2's sold anymore? These have worked for me.

[StevenBryant]

Kfxguy do the new version of the XL2 perform as well as the old? I think if you sold a fully waterproof and cooled version similar to the ones you made for yourself you will get quite a few takers.


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[oscarel]

What do you do use a stick radio? I am tired of Pisix kicking the bucket.

Fixed endpoints work with Futaba and the air Castle controllers.

[NativePaul]

My favourite ESCs are the Castle Phoenix Ice Lite range, for the extensive but easy pc programming and the on board datalogging, from a packaging point of view I wish the motor wires were on the ends like most ESC rather than protruding from the middle but it is not a problem for the majority of situations.

The newer Phoenix Edge Lite range that has replaced them are 20-30% heavier (without wires) for the equivalent unit and the added functionality is of no interest to me, so the Ice range is still tops for me while some shops still have stock.

CC Phoenix ESCs are pretty expensive here though at £280 +postage for a 200A unit so I don't have them in all my boats, I have a fair few with Suppo GX200BEC ESCs or the many rebrandings there of, which are available from £22 posted for a Mystery RC 200A unit, they are a bit of a PITA to program, being TX program only and the cheaper ones having a very poor manual, but the ETTI manual is OK. They give better throttle responce and more RPM than the 3 Swordfish ESCs I bought when they first came out thinking they would be an upgrade due to the program box and higher price point. I have heard mixed reviews on them, but the way I use ESCs (datalogging and keeping my peak current under the rated current (except for SAWs)) they have been as reliable as any other.

[kfxguy]

The xl2 isn't sold anymore but there's a new version of it. It's the same controller but at first it had a super neutered firmware compared to the xl2. I think since a bunch of people complained because in back to back testing, the new one was slower, they got rid of the neutering. I'd have to do some research and testing myself to confirm this but they would make great boat controllers if they were water cooled and water proof. I would think a $300ish price point would be fair. Opinions?