Has a worthy ESC been born? The Castle XLX2 looks to be an excellent ESC.

[RaceMechaniX]

I kind of doubt it. Perhaps Gabe at Stump Fab or NexGen Performance would be willing to convert ESC's. I will plant the idea with them.

[Brushless55]

Looks good Tyler

[eric113]

Tyler,have you looked into mamba X to water cool for spec and limited classes? I know there some guys running them in P limited hydros.

[NativePaul]

That would be good, they are ?290 in the UK which is about $400USD, we could probably pay someone to do the conversion for us and still save money.

[RaceMechaniX]

Tyler,have you looked into mamba X to water cool for spec and limited classes? I know there some guys running them in P limited hydros.

No, I have not looked at the smallest option.

[RaceMechaniX]

That would be good, they are ?290 in the UK which is about $400USD, we could probably pay someone to do the conversion for us and still save money.

I did text with Gabe and he is considering doing the conversion with the plate coolers for both the XLX2 and X8S ESC's. He was waiting on back ordered ESC's to arrive. I bet you could order the ESC's from Gabe converted cheaper than you could buy the ESC alone in the UK.

[donhuff]

Tyler,have you looked into mamba X to water cool for spec and limited classes? I know there some guys running them in P limited hydros.

eric113, Since no one else replied to you, I can make you some cooling caps for the little Monster X. I just sent a couple to Texas for Oscar L. That Monster X is good for about 200 amps tops.

Cooling caps are $30, or send me your esc and I will install the cap for $50.

Don "AmpDaddy" Huff

[eric113]

eric113, Since no one else replied to you, I can make you some cooling caps for the little Monster X. I just sent a couple to Texas for Oscar L. That Monster X is good for about 200 amps tops.

Cooling caps are $30, or send me your esc and I will install the cap for $50.

Don "AmpDaddy" Huff

Don, you talking about the castle monster? I’m talking about the castle Mamba X. Just wanting to make sure we’re talking about the same esc. The mamba X is go up to 6s. I’m going to be running it in a P limited hydro.

[donhuff]

Yes Eric, I was talking about the monster. Didn't notice that you said mamba, sorry.

We are using the monster X in out ltd riggers and are seeing 150-180 saw and over 200 amps in the turns. Unless you already have the mamba, I'd buy the monster, just for the extra head room on the amps. And if you can get by, amp wise, with the mamba, I'll bet that you could use the monster without water cooling and just the fan and it would be ok. One guy in our club is using a xlx2 in a Q sport hydro with just the fan, and it works fine.

Looking at the pictures of the mamba, it looks like it could be modded also, but I would have to have one in my hands to know for sure.

[Ken Haines]

Has anyone tried the XLX2 on 9 or even 10s Lipo.
Yes, I realize the instructions say this will damage the ESC....
Just wondering ?

[jkflow]

It is rated at 33.6V max. Not sure if anyone is silly enough to blow it up on purpose, it will be dead once you try, just a question on how much smoke will come out.
A typical voltage limit for capacitors is 35V, that might be one reason.

[Brushless55]

Has anyone tried the XLX2 on 9 or even 10s Lipo.
Yes, I realize the instructions say this will damage the ESC....
Just wondering ?

You don't want to exceed the cap rating.

[Jesse J]

You don't want to exceed the cap rating.

Unless you want to find the limits for yourself.

[Brushless55]

Unless you want to find the limits for yourself.

Might only last a second

[Ken Haines]

You don't want to exceed the cap rating.

Funny answers to a valid question..... since if you have one of these you would realize that the
capacitors are not externally visible. Thus there is no way for a user to actually read the capacitor voltage rating.

I asked the question thinking about other Esc's ratings. Consider the Schulze 32.170. This fairly rare
no longer manufactured German unit is actually capable of being used on 10s set-ups despite the 32v
label rating. Thought possibly someone here maybe Tyler or one of the other speed trials guys might
have tried pushing them past the rated limits. Since asking the question here I have talked to Joe Ford at Castle.
He told me they know from design testing that you cannot exceed the 8s limit. He also said they have
considered future options on Marine and High Voltage units, but nothing definite at this time. During the call he
asked me several other application and technical questions. I did mentioned this thread to him and the positive
feedback posted so far on these newer Mamba converted units. It was great to hear that although not currently
producing Esc's specifically for boat applications, they have not forgotten about us, especially understanding
that we are a fairly small segment of the RC market.