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I wanna be Dave
Thanks Jato !
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Yes, I am a big fan of the AUX wire if that's what you mean! It's one of the best ESC innovations to come our way in a long time. I haven't tried the rock racer mode in the new firmware, yet.He has bragged about the AUX wire and the new rock racer mode...
As promised, I never shared your RC Tech username.He was the first person to contact me with that idea, but he is also the only person I told on R/C tech that I worked for castle. On my personal account I kept it on the DL, but I contacted him to run some beta software when he was having issues with a firmware version of the Monster X.
So in reality, you could say that it is his fault that I am on here.
"thumbsup" See I'm good for something. :lmao:Thanks Jato !
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At the time I was worried about being bombarded with tech support questions. Now that I have this account on both sites, I've fully embraced taking tech support questions.As promised, I never shared your RC Tech username.
I can't say 100% that you were the first one. Someone might have told someone in tech support, but it might not have gotten relayed down here. They try to filter what gets sent to us because if we were told of every feature request, we woulnd't ever get anything done.I didn't know I was the first with the idea even though I took credit for this idea on this forum, tongue in cheek, of course. I'm really glad to see this feature though! I passed along that same idea to the Castle rep I was dealing with before you. He said he'd relay the info to the software guys. Apparently that never happened...
"thumbsup"You were a big help to me and the only reason I stuck with the MMX. The road before you was full of dead ends. I appreciate your help in resolving the issue so thanks again! "thumbsup"
Waiting for reveiw and/or video from whitrzac..
He was the first person to contact me with that idea, but he is also the only person I told on R/C tech that I worked for castle. On my personal account I kept it on the DL, but I contacted him to run some beta software when he was having issues with a firmware version of the Monster X.
So in reality, you could say that it is his fault that I am on here.
What 17.5 ?
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Maybe you weren't at the meeting, but I asked for the AUX channel switch during my first OEM meeting with castle in 2008. The micro that was used in the sidewinder (was in proto) , BRXL (to be developed), and mamba max didn't have enough pins I was told. This was also when I was shown the original Sensored X proto that was 4 boards stacked in a little brick. It has been on all submitted product requests from Holmes Hobbies, and denied every single time. Even denied after the X line was released. Of course y'all just got back to me this month about offering the feature in an OEM product. I forget if you were there for the conference call a few months back. I mostly talked with Linda and Patrick.
Super happy customer here, really fantastic service. Glad to know y'all have been paying attention.
First event is done. Motor performed flawlessly. Drag brake is on par with my tekin pro4, it would still creep on steep inclines, a 2pole 17.5 would not. Im not sure if its a function of a 4pole vs 2pole or the difference in kv. Pictures/more info later when I get home.
Took 1st place.
2008 was about 4 years before I started at Castle.
I'm not involved in the hardware or design of new products. Mainly I write internal software for keeping the business working. Production line, sales, purchasing, and shipping all use my software to improve workflow and reduce paperwork. I do discuss design decisions and make my voice heard on new designs because I have more experience with actually being in the hobby than most of the engineers. I raced offroad for many years, worked at a hobbyshop for a while, and helped out with a local track, so I have more experience knowing our customers.
I have heard from Linda that you came to us with the AUX wire idea many years ago. The actual development of that was kinda interesting because we didn't even realize what we were doing until it was already done. Originally when we started with it, it was only going to be used for RPM out on our air controllers for external governors, and then one of our engineers just kept adding features to it. Then when we looked at it we realized it was pretty much what you had asked for.
Pins on the processor is always a problem. We are about 4 pins short on the processor used in the Mamba X and Monster X so we have to run the LEDs and BEC through a shift register, and the AUX wire and motor temp share a processor pin. The next size up in our current QFN package only gains 8 pins and uses almost twice as much board space(49 vs 25 square mm). We probably are going to have to upgrade to BGA processors for future products to gain enough pins to do what we want to do, but that involves buying an xray inspection machine.
^^ What he said!! Lol
But seriously, and besides the show and tell to the other jealous competition, a review of its normal operation noise level, drag brake, torque etc.
Thats really awesome news whitrzac! Congratulations on the win. Hopefully you'll put the prize items to good use, the new Boom tires look like they may perform well.Solder tabs are spoon shaped and have to be 3+mm thick. They can be a bit of a PIA to solder different wires too.