Mamba Max PRO from Horizon Hobby UK

[jimmy]

Horizon Hobby UK, the Castle Creations UK distributor have been in touch to tell us about their new Mamba Max Pro ESC which they’ve been testing over the past few weeks.
Apparently testing has been conducted a range of 1:10 electric buggies, touring cars and 1:12 racers, the Mamba Max Pro has demonstrated incredible levels of adjustability and exhibits excellent low speed throttle modulation whilst retaining the punch and high speed capability that top level national racers demand.

One of the neatest features is the Castle High Energy Advanced Timing (CHEAT) mode that allows the user to program the motor timing to adjust itself at a definable rpm point (requires Windows compatible computer and optional Castle Link USB interface and Software).
Capable of running upto a 6S LiPo in either sensored or sensorless motors and able to self-switch itself into sensorless mode for improved motor efficiency, the Mamba Max Pro is keenly priced at £129.99 and is available to order via your local Horizon Hobby retailer.
A specific 1 cell variant is also available that will appeal to 1:12 and 1:10 World GT class runners which shares the same features but does not have any BEC or cooling fan thus making it easier to fit under the low-slung pan-car bodies.

At last, it seems Castle have created a system that racers will take seriously!

Details
Mamba Max Pro 2S-6S CCR6600 RRP £129.99
Mamba Max Pro 1S CCR 6699 RRP £129.99

Check out the website on the Horizon UK page here: http://www.horizonhobby.co.uk/autoon...e/j24home.html

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Well priced compared to similar ESC's of the same spec. Over £70 cheaper than a Tekin RS Pro and LRP SXX!

[TryHard]

Having actually run one in my TC, and seen them going round in a 12th, they are deffiently right up (if not faster) there with the afforementioned... If you get the castle link software as well, you have a lot of tuneability in terms of how the timing kicks in.
Big wide band for a smooth build, or keep it short for a proper thump... and you can also tune as to where exactly in the rev range it occurs, to suit motors and tracks...
Also need to mention that Castle are bring out updates to the software, so potential to get faster, and for free (we like free )

Basically, for the money, cannot be beaten.

[stical]

Does anybody have experience with it in 1/12th ?

The one thing that bothers me is that it doesn't contain a BEC so most
probably you will need a booster to run 4.8v ( 4 sub-c cells )
or 3.7v ( 1s lipo) ?

Erik

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by stical

Does anybody have experience with it in 1/12th ?


Erik

Erik

try rctech or racechat for your answer on that one. rctech would be the better bet of the two

[TryHard]

Originally Posted by stical

Does anybody have experience with it in 1/12th ?

The one thing that bothers me is that it doesn't contain a BEC so most
probably you will need a booster to run 4.8v ( 4 sub-c cells )
or 3.7v ( 1s lipo) ?

Erik

Hey Erik,

There's two versions avaliable, a 2s version that does have a BEC circuit, and a 1s version that doesnt (and doesn't have a fan either).

I've seen the non-1s version used quite happily in 12th/4cell (as that does have a BEC), albeit with booster and reciever pack.

They've removed the BEC from the 1s version for a reason, as in all honesty, you really shouldn't run without a booster/reciever pack in 1s, the voltage from the cells isn't high enough to run both the speedo and servo... or to put it another way, would you really want to run a 6v servo on almost half the volts? So why have a BEC there if its no use?
To solve this, that's where the boosters/reciever packs come in

HiH
Ed

[Alfonzo]

Still sensorless I see. Hope it's smoother than the std Mamba Max, which TBH I have found not as 'nice' to use as a sensored system.

Rock solid reliability though.