I don’t like my fusion pro too much. Kind of wish I didn’t listen to the hype.

[HouseFeces]

I know most people love the fusion pro and I did at first too but it’s a heavy brick. I found my furitek system to be better in every single way. The furitek is much lighter even with separate esc, definitely smoother as the throttle resolution is better, more quiet, much more efficient(battery is A LOT better).

As soon as I came to the shop with a furitek system I got a lot of “why did you switch!??!!”.

I know others may say the opposite about the furitek system but I kind of wish I didn’t follow the hype. That being said, I’ve been out crawling all the redcat fusion pros because mine performs better with the furitek. It’s so efficient all I need is a 450mah 4s where as the fusion is less smooth and nowhere near as efficient on the same crawlers and same lipo. Just my experience. Some people said they fried their furiteks but I’ve already seen the fusion pro die several times so I don’t take it seriously.

The motor system everyone told me not to get has me on the front of the lines last couple of weeks and there can be nearly 30 other crawlers present. Both my 2x vrds and the redcats fusion pros have the furitek system and perform significantly better than the fusion pro I had in them before.

Take with grain of salt but I made this post because I keep getting “fusion pro is the best” only to find my furitek is better after they compare them side by side. These are just products so in reality none of this really matters. I’ll edit and finish this later with more detail.

 

[durok]

Just out of curiosity, which Furitek ESC and motor combo did you go with?

Looks like they have a few options for 1/10th scale.

 

[HouseFeces]

I went crawling after I made this post. I told my coworkers what I said here and one of them played around with my crawler for quite a while and said something along the lines of "it may not be the furitek but how I build them." He denned interested in the way they crawled and mentioned he does local comps(2-6 hours away) so I trusted his opinion. Someone else mentioned that my crawler is lighter and better for the furitek system and mentioned that he personally tried a furitek system(cannot remember if he had the outrunner or the inrunner I only thought to ask afterwards) and said it ran very hot on heavy crawlers/loaded trail rigs. I feel dumb for making this post my perceptions probably wrong or a mix of both. I think the answer is it’s best for my application.

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[bgredjeep]

Did you have a fusion pro, or the se that comes in the redcat fusion that you mentioned?

I don't really see the fusion being lauded as the best system, but it is excellent for the price and makes packaging and wiring a breeze. Now if we could get a 2800kv version in the same size as the pro...

 

[ferp420]

i have several outrunners there performance varies from rig to rig
some are buttery smooth some not so much

i just picked up a 1800se i plan to swap in to my choppra it has a outrunner and cheap chinese esc so ill see what the difference between the 2 is

all my outrunners use cheap escs no am32 or foc in those so the cheap fusion should be a upgrade

im interested in how much better the new am32 escs are and how they compare to the fusion and the cheap escs

 

[Timmahh]

The FOC does change the way the motor initially takes off and applies power.
Not sure if Furitek has this 'feature' or not as I don't own one.

But the comment you made, best for application, applies across the board IMHO.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Furitek electronics aren't known to be the most reliable.

A Fusion SE is not the same as a Fusion Pro.

A Fusion Pro will not be a lot heavier than a similar ESC and motor combination.

You're not comparing apples to apples.

 

[durok]

I did some reading on the Furitek site and the ESC has FOC, will accept up to 4S, and interestingly it claims to have a BEC with 8A.

Always good to have more options!

Already ordered myself the Fusion Pro 2300kv for my Optic, never having run a FOC system.

I've got a Mamba X and Revolver in my Bomber and have stuck with HW 1080 ESCs and Holmes 550 Trailmasters in my other rigs thus far.

Can't wait to try out the Fusion!

 

[hnoroian]

I bought it because of the simplicity and my servo is direct powered for the cleanliness it brought to my chassis. I have quite a few hours on it and has done well for me.