Castle Creations Mamba Max pro Q&A

[Gnarly Old Dog]

Originally Posted by mali

Im seriously considering one of these but would like some first hand info off you guys.

have any of you experienced servo or radio glitches?

I have read on other forums that they struggle with digital servos, and working with spektrum radio gear. i just wondered if anyone here has experienced the same as its only this issue thats putting me off buying one.

I've been using the MMP for almost a year now - with no issues.
What I think you have read up is whereby very high torque / high speed digital servos can draw so much current (you don't get all that performance for free) that they actual cause the Rx to momentarily go low voltage and brown out - the Rx recovers but may need to re-bind itself.
If your ESC is providing the BEC to the Rx - then all ESCs have a max current capability on their BEC circuit - often no more than 3A. Castle Creations do also produce a dedicated BEC device that will deliver upto 10A - more than enough to keep any power hungry servo happy.

Generally speaking, it is the servo that causes the issue. The MMP has found a lot of friends in the US in 1/8 Electric or Rock Crawling applications - both of which generally use very powerful servos. I've had no issues in my 1:10 buggies or TC with the MMP.
Hope this helps

[jensen]

I have bought a low spec netbook and wondered if anyone knows if there is a way of geting the mamba max software to run on linux?

Asus Eeepc Netbook only has 2gb hard disc and i think windows xp would swamp it although i have read that it would work.