ESC, you could get this for an offer....

tramcar trev

tramcar trev

all manner of mechanical apparatus...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/F05427-RC-10A-Brushed-ESC-Two-Way-Motor-Speed-Controller-No-Brake-For-1-16-1-18-/351215320561?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51c6107df1

These will take 12V @ 4amps without burning out....
 
Tramcar Trev said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/F05427-RC-10A-Brushed-ESC-Two-Way-Motor-Speed-Controller-No-Brake-For-1-16-1-18-/351215320561?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51c6107df1

These will take 12V @ 4amps without burning out....
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I am looking around for a couple ESC's for some upcoming conversions, I did look at these but dismissed them because they are rated at 8.4V only "Ni-Mh/Ni-cd :4-7cell".

Have you used them @ 12V?
 
GAP said:
I am looking around for a couple ESC's for some upcoming conversions, I did look at these but dismissed them because they are rated at 8.4V only "Ni-Mh/Ni-cd :4-7cell".

Have you used them @ 12V?
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Use them with 4 cell Lipo's (but not 10 amps) with out any problems, some come with heat shrink around them others not.... Stupid thing is that even If I gave you one of mine the postage is more than the cost new....
 
Tramcar Trev said:
Use them with 4 cell Lipo's (but not 10 amps) with out any problems, some come with heat shrink around them others not.... Stupid thing is that even If I gave you one of mine the postage is more than the cost new....
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Thanks Trev food for thought.

I would be using them on a couple of Stainz modifications/butchery.

I couldn't see me pulling more than about 2 A max on a bad day and my current Stainz all run on 10.8Vmax, I hardly go over 75% throttle and rarely do I go flat out.
 
GAP said:
I would be using them on a couple of Stainz modifications/butchery.
I couldn't see me pulling more than about 2 A max on a bad day and my current Stainz all run on 10.8Vmax, I hardly go over 75% throttle and rarely do I go flat out.
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I've used one of these ESC's under similar circumstances and it was fine. I built a battery loco powered by an old burglar alarm battery and a playmobil mech. I wasn't looking for speed or the ability to manage steep gradients so this ESC was fine.
 
Does it have the ability to retain speed (cruise) when the R/C transmitter is switched off?
 
Rhinochugger said:
Does it have the ability to retain speed (cruise) when the R/C transmitter is switched off?
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What an interesting question, is it loaded?
If you turn off the transmitter it will shut down, if it looses the signal it will stay where it was... They are reasonably intelligent despite the cost...
 
Tramcar Trev said:
What an interesting question, is it loaded?
If you turn off the transmitter it will shut down, if it looses the signal it will stay where it was... They are reasonably intelligent despite the cost...
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That's clever! - How does it know it has 'lost signal', as opposed to the Tx being turned off, I wonder?
Perhaps there is a time element to this? - No signal for more than x seconds, and shutdown.
 
PhilP said:
That's clever! - How does it know it has 'lost signal', as opposed to the Tx being turned off, I wonder?
Perhaps there is a time element to this? - No signal for more than x seconds, and shutdown.
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Maybe the speed of signal loss? Or maybe even if it looses signal enough to stop receiving commands it runs along on the carrier wave? I have other far more expensive ESC's that cost AU$9 each that are programmable by jumper...
 
Nah, nah, nah

You've missed the point chaps

There are lots of railway ESCs that will keep the train going at the same speed while you turn the R/C transmitter off to save battery use.

This function has a fancy name wot I can't remember :-\ :-\ :-\

So the question remains - does this ESC have this function?? O0 O0
 
Rhinochugger said:
Nah, nah, nah

You've missed the point chaps

There are lots of railway ESCs that will keep the train going at the same speed while you turn the R/C transmitter off to save battery use.

This function has a fancy name wot I can't remember :-\ :-\ :-\

So the question remains - does this ESC have this function?? O0 O0
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I think it's called 'cruise control'. At least that's what they call it on the Viper Loco
http://www.mtroniks.net/prod/Locomotive-Speed-Controls/Viper-micro-Loco-10.htm

though Brian Jones calls it AutoDrive on his Mac5
http://www.brianjonesmodels.co.uk/page3.html


Rik
 
Rhinochugger said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's it
so has it got it ??? ??? ??? ???
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Sorry - keep forgetting I'm no longer a teacher - old habits die hard :(

Rik
 
I was wondering why you would turn of the Tx but now I see it's typical British tight fistedness trying to save money on charging the Tx batteries....
 
Tight? Interference fit Shrunk on fit - that's how tight some of us are ;D
 
Rhinochugger said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah

That's it

so has it got it ??? ??? ??? ???
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In a simple word No it does not have that function .

From what I can deduce from my research it is for a buggy type vehicle and that would be crazy to have in one of them and also an aircraft off into wide blue yonder or up a tree as a result.

The cruise control is available for roundy round type vehicles where if the TX signal is lost it does not stop as buggies do.
 
With the greatest respect to our colonial friends and their largesse


If you're running a battered loco for a good few circuits of the garden, for half an hour or so, there's no point having 8 AA batteries discharging in the Tx.


I don't actually use rechargeables in my Tx, but a set of 8 will usually last a fair old time (as in weeks/months) when you have a cruise control function on the ESC.


Seeemples ;D ;D ;D ;D
 
Well look at it this way; with what you save on the purchase price of the ESC you could afford a few sets of batteries.... Even perhaps rechargeable ones....
 
Tramcar Trev said:
Well look at it this way; with what you save on the purchase price of the ESC you could afford a few sets of batteries.... Even perhaps rechargeable ones....
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Well, yes, that's one way of looking at it ;)


Still trying to do the sums, but have run out of fingers and toes :D :D
 
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