Mamba X for brushed motors.

[bbrigg]

How good is the Mamba X ESC on brushed motors? I'm using one on a brushed rig and it seems very good and I love having the aux wire to change drag brake settings. I also like the other settings available.

I haven't, however, used a good pure brushed ESC and was wondering if anyone who has used both can comment.

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[Topher Builds]

While I haven’t used a mamba x with a brushed motor (I have 3 mamba x but all are brushless), I have used a HH BRXL which allows similar tuning and is great. I like it far better than the HW1080, which is fine for the price.

I don’t think the BRXL has aux wire functionality though. At the end of the day it’s really hard to beat the mamba esc’s, they’re so versatile and good at a whole lot of things.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

I'm not the best at judging low speed smoothness because I, myself, am not the smoothest on the throttle trigger. I also don't do back to back comparisons, but I think the Mamba X and HobbyWing 1080 are comparable in startup and smoothness. I have no complaints about the Mamba X. Any smoothness that may be lost is worth it in exchange for getting the Auxiliary Wire.

 

[HumboldtEF]

I've used Mamba X's and brushed motors for quite a few builds and I dont feel like it lacks anything compared to a brushed only ESC. It has a nice smooth start up and the ability to tune the throttle curve.

I guess what I've tried in terms of brushed only ESC's would be the Holmes Hobbies BR-XL which I thought I heard is MMP based, so I'm comparing Castle to Castle essentially. The BR-XL just got a new firmware update BTW, it added drag brake ramp as well as active drag which are really nice additions (both features that the Mamba X already had).

 

[Voodoobrew]

Most of the esc's don't change low speed control that much. Compared to gearing, motor and voltage choices. Some however, like the hobbywing esc's, have a jump in the minimum start speed. So you can't get that buzzing before the motor begins to spin, with certain desired settings enabled (active drag brake)

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[RC Etc]

To those who have set up the Mamba X with a brushed motor...
How did you do the wiring? I see three ports for wires to the motor, not two, so how is it done?

Thanks.

 

[DRED805]

To those who have set up the Mamba X with a brushed motor...
How did you do the wiring? I see three ports for wires to the motor, not two, so how is it done?

Thanks.

I know the outside motor wire plugs are positive and negative. Flip a coin on which one is positive, and then switch them if the motor needs to be reversed.

 

[HumboldtEF]

To those who have set up the Mamba X with a brushed motor...
How did you do the wiring? I see three ports for wires to the motor, not two, so how is it done?

Thanks.

Its in the manual A is Positive C is Negative.


I usually remove wire B just to clean things up (if its the micro X)



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