Whatever castle did with the drag brake in the 2.02 software is simply amazing. Before the update the drag brake held, but any slightest throttle input (forward/reverse) would remove drag brake and would cause roll. Now I've noticed even if I feather the throttle, the drag brake holds until the motor torque overcomes the hold on the motor.
This is the reason that I pulled my Roc 412 out of my C2 rig. I could get the throttle smooth enough and I could get the drag brake to hold the truck in place, but I could not get it to do a smooth controlled descent like I can with a brushed motor. I may have to give it another try now with the new firmware. Its tempting to give these new Castle motors a shot too since they are reasonably priced.
They like their two pole high turn count motors even though it's a fairly terrible design.
Motors came in today! Should be shipping out sometime next week provided they pass our tests/inspection.
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Robert I'm curious of how these stack up vs a Tekin redline gen 3.
Same size and price point .
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@Robert: What is the rotor diameter and length from the 1406 ?
Ours should have smoother startup, lower minimum throttle, more torque, greater efficiency, and better handling of 3 and 4s. We tested a 1900kv verse a 17.5t redline gen 2 and the minimum RPM for smooth spinning of ours was around 40% of the redline. We also spun it up to 12s voltage just to see what would happen and it survived. The bearings wouldn't have lasted very long and it sounded very angry, but it was just fine after the test.
A 17.5 is 2600kv so why not shoot out with the new 2850 ?
I'm running the 17.5(non redline) in my wraith, doesn't seem to have lots of torque, although it pulls well.
Would I see any real difference other than can color ?
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