ESC to use?

[roadranger]

OK, more questions;
Seems like the Castle ESC's need to be programmed with a laptop?
Most others are field programmable?

Can someone explain how 'drag' and 'regular' braking work?
What's the difference between the 2?

And what about protection against pulling into reverse while trying to brake on a downslope?
Is there a feature for this?

The Tekin sounds good, but being so small, can it handle the size/weight of these trucks?
My trailers with loads on them are pretty heavy - in the 20 to 25 pound range on ball bearing axles.
What kind of heat buildup on stiff grades?

[fhhhstix]

Originally Posted by roadranger

OK, more questions;
Seems like the Castle ESC's need to be programmed with a laptop?
Most others are field programmable?

Can someone explain how 'drag' and 'regular' braking work?
What's the difference between the 2?

And what about protection against pulling into reverse while trying to brake on a downslope?
Is there a feature for this?

The Tekin sounds good, but being so small, can it handle the size/weight of these trucks?
My trailers with loads on them are pretty heavy - in the 20 to 25 pound range on ball bearing axles.
What kind of heat buildup on stiff grades?

All of castles esc can be programed from the radio as well it is just easier with the computer. Drag brake is when you move the throttle to neutral it will brake automatically till it comes to a stop and the other is breaking by going to revers it will break and then a short pause before it will go into reverse. physical size of the ESC means nothing it is what it is rated at and if you are using a higher turn motor such as a 55 or 45 most any esc will do it is just the features they offer. I will post some pics in a minute to show you that in the RC world size doesn't matter.

Travis

[fhhhstix]

Here are some pics of the Twister 2.2 ESC we were using these to race with but brushless took over so now we use a $250 ESC in stock class or just to bash with. It is smaller than the receiver even the capacitor they give you with it is bigger than the esc and it has no motor limit and no heat sink just a Small sealed case.

This is my legend stock class car.



This is now my drift car and was my first VTA car sad to say but I did better with this cheap TT-01 Tamiya than I did with my TC5 Team Associated.



Travis