What is the smoothest ESC for offroad?

[markwilliamson2001]

Well it should be at £200 without the novalink!! LOL

[Battle_axe]

Still running my nosrams with losi 7.5 and 6.5 accordingly

[RogerM]

I have now gone to HobbyWing escs, they make the Speed Passion stuff. The software is slightly different between the two though and I am REALLY impressed with the HobbyWing ExRun V2.1 & 1S style units. What makes them even better is that they can be had for about £100 for a 120A unit!

See my sig for link.

[RC944]

happy with an old lrp sphere comp and lrp vector x100 10.5t motor for general bashing use

[ianhaye]

Another plus one for the tekin with me :-)

[AmiSMB]

I like the Hobbywing and have only had one failure when it was a bit wet but at the price just get another one and it is almost the same as the Speed Passion bar a few bits in the firmware. Would have been upset if it were a more expensive esc.

[mes]

I've run several ESCs in the last few years, SP GT 1.1 LPF, GT 2.0 LPF, Cirtix Stock Club Race; LRP SPX Zero and the Tekin RS.
While I think the SPs are great and the LRP is not bad either, I like the Tekin RS best. You can make simple adjustmenst without a handheld programmer, and when it comes to using a netbook, you don't have to connect a battery to the speedo. The small footprint is also a big plus for buggy applications. It is a bit more expensive than the others, but I think it's worth it.

[fastinfastout]

I have used quite a few speedies over the past 2 years, and they come out as;

1. GM90
2. Hobbywing v2.1
3. LRP sxx series
4. novak gtb
5. tekin rs/pro

[bigchris]

from me and my experience in terms of smoothness +1 for the tekin but the hobbywing units are only a smidge different ,

so for me its
tekin in touring car 10.5
speed passion in mod touring car
speed passion in 2wd
the old faithful lrp sphere tc in 4wd , bit aggressive low end but its 4wd after all

hth

chris

[ianhaye]

faSTinfast out may i ask why have you put them in that order? i had the gm120 and was so much more complicated than the tekin im shocked to see that someone has put a rs at the bottom of the pile ?

[Col]

I assume we all know that this thread was started 26/10/2009?

[Tezcat]

Originally Posted by Col

I assume we all know that this thread was started 26/10/2009?

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

What are peoples thoughts 12 months on?

I think that's why this question was asked

[Col]

Doh...

[colmo]

The recent Speed Passion / Hobbywing firmware is very impressive - infinitely tuneable. You also know exactly what the changes do, instead of arbitrary numbers.

A general move to dial out torque would be dial in mechanical or electronic timing from 0 rpms.

[fastinfastout]

Originally Posted by ianhaye

faSTinfast out may i ask why have you put them in that order? i had the gm120 and was so much more complicated than the tekin im shocked to see that someone has put a rs at the bottom of the pile ?

quite simple, the title of the thread is, which is 'smoothest'

I'm sure some people wouldnt put the tekin last in regards to smoothnest, but then they would have probably not have used any other speed controls

[Cooper]

I'm told my Tekin has way to much power and no smoothness, How can I get it smoother? Don't wanna put cash into another speedo if I can just tune my tekin.

I think my RS is to much a BOOST TURBO touring ESC than a smooth 2wd offroad thingy.

motor SP9.5 with zippy's
also have SP V3 7.5 but it's too fast.

Thanks dudes and dudettes

[Gayo]

Originally Posted by Cooper

I'm told my Tekin has way to much power and no smoothness, How can I get it smoother? Don't wanna put cash into another speedo if I can just tune my tekin.

I think my RS is to much a BOOST TURBO touring ESC than a smooth 2wd offroad thingy.

motor SP9.5 with zippy's
also have SP V3 7.5 but it's too fast.

Thanks dudes and dudettes

Really? I find my RS Pros way smoother than my old Sphere and GTB were. Didn't tried others ESC though.

For more smoothness I would try :
- Dual mode
- Current limiting takes care of low-end punch. Even 5% is noticeable and you don't need a laptop to modify it
- smaller pinion or lower timing advance for less overall power
- less min throttle
- some expo on the throttle curve (transmitter or ESC)

[Cooper]

I started with this:

http://www.teamtekin.com/hotwire/ESC...-Mod-Setup.pdf

gonna eliminate every boost and whatsoever punch thingy from it.

Why should I go to dual mode?
Thanks!

[Cooper]

bump =)

[Gayo]

Oops! Sorry Cooper, didn't saw your reply.

Boost doesn't really add punch (if you mean low RPM torque), it allows the motor to take more RPM.

Re dual mode, I have found that the ESC behavior is smoother than in sensored mode.