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Have anyone used Castle ESCs?

Posted by Hyon Lim on July 28, 2011 at 8:18pm

I'm thinking to use Castle ESC for new quadrotor.

But I'm not sure it is good for quad or not.

So if anyone have used the Castle ESC, please let me know tips!

I'll waiting your comment.

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    Jason Short July 28, 2011 at 9:18pm

    Beware of the Auto-calibrating modes. You need all the ESCs to be calibrated the same.

     

  • Greg Fletcher July 28, 2011 at 8:42pm

    I have a few Castle ESC's and I never had a problem with them. I haven't tried one for quad's yet. I built a motor tester with an Arduino mini and a sparkfun serial display. I can set the pwm value and the frequency. I tested a Pulso motor/controler with it and it worked up to ~ 660 Hz. I will try some Castle ESC's and see if they can handle the update rate required of a quad. If they can, I would use them on a copter.

  • Ramon L July 28, 2011 at 8:32pm
    IMO, there are cheaper and excellent quality options out there. Also, I dont think castle ESC have the same ease of operability and user proof and support like Turnigy ESC or other brands mentioned very often here. Im not saying that castle products are bad... they have very good products but if you can consider other good and cheaper options then you can save $ for other goodies for your quad ;)
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