ESC recommendations

[katch]

That Cytron is what i have 2 off as - photo'd above. I was talking to a friend who uses it to push his cesna plane around with a radio control battery power unit and thats why i bought it because it lives in a sealed box and hes had it 3 years running it round.

I have bought it to experiment with, but only a live fight will tell if they are any use, so take it all as you will. I wanted easy tank steering and it plugged into my dx6i and was working within minutes of opening the box an thats exactly what i wanted for testing. I haven't even read the instructions of dx6i so i may even have a restricted throttle but would never know lol !

To be perfectly honest i couldn't be bothered with brushless esc's learning it all was a headache i wanted a plug and play fun to get my bot up and running. So if i blow one up i'm not bothered i have a spare. This bot is all about having fun and disposable when the mild steel gets ruined - i'm not an expert but i want to enjoy the whole process rather than get it perfect first time and spend all my money on getting it exactly right. I'd find that boring although cheaper.

I have a very cheap supply of motorcycle batteries £3 each new - which also increases my testing weights which can only be good when i swap to 6s. I have been messing about with run 36v 3x 12v in series bike batteries with spec below. I have run with Cytron using 4x 12v / 48v volts bike batteries on saturday just gone and the speed controller was fine but the motors didn't like it much so i opted for 36v for now. I have a stash of new motors so i think they will perform better too.

I am waiting for delivery of 6s packs turnigy but i think i have ordered the wrong packs lol.. doh i can swap them to get my voltages back down.

Pack Type	CP
Capacity Ah (10-HR)	10
Capacity Ah (20-HR)	10.5
Weight with acid (kg)	4.2
Acid volume (litre)	0.6
Charge current (Amps)	1.2
Terminal Type	5
Length (mm)	150
Width (mm)	87
Height (mm)	130
Feature Range	Maintenance Free

I'm testing the Cytron shortly with several things when they arrive:

- Direct drive chain and sprockets - motorcycle stuff so pennys per sprocket but last forever.
- 6 s power sources - turnigy packs
- new motors on new gearboxes 36v with 24v motors
- 36v rewound motors rated for 36v "recondition" but new

I'll upload videos when testing starts and i'll also do a head to head test with Dave against High 5 if he is willing to see a true load test and we can all laugh if my esc explodes !!

Do you have a link or picture of the speed controller you are using
Team Katch and are you using one lipo at 22 volt or 2 in series because
those cytron are rated at 45 volt I believe, the tester will be when you
try pushing another 100kg Robot in competition.