Best ESC upgrades

[mattsdragons]

Im leading to either the botbitz or the scorpion I think. The sabertooth seem to unreliable from seeing experiences and the victors are quite expensive for a pair

[Bodge Job]

Yeh the sabertooths are a little structurally weaker than the other controlers which lets them down, if shock mounted and covered to protect them from impacts there fine, it's just inconvenient. So I probably would avoid them as their high maintainance. I'm soon to be testing mine under harder electrical conditions, so it should really test their current limiting. Although I have little faith in what im going to do to them. We'll see

[mattsdragons]

can shock mount them easy enough and a little box aint all that much work but seems you can do better now for near the same money, especially with botbitz being used more

[Bodge Job]

yeah i know, the lower end control is brilliant on the sabertooths, same with some of the other more expensive ones, i just dont think the botbitz ones have any where near as much as control as the other ones

[mattsdragons]

They both have their points but in most situations, especially in the larger arenas low end aint really what you use

The sabertooth has the advantage of being a duel so compact but it will need modification

[MikeNCR]

I've used the BR-XL's ( http://holmeshobbies.com/product.php?pr ... featured=Y ) with a lot of success in my Feather running 18v Dewalts on a 6s Lipo. I recently switched over to a prototype RageBridge ( http://e0designs.com/products/ragebridge/ ) that is in production right now and will be released publicly next month. Both are fantastic controllers and I am happy enough with the RageBridge that I intend to use it on any upcoming hobby/featherweight bots I build.

Testing video with the RageBridge:

[PJ-27]

Am I right in reading you'll need two BR-XLs?

I think cost is the biggest factor for a lot of roboteers and personally I really the braking option in the BotBitz. We're in the process of hacking our own but yet to test.

[typhoon_driver]

cost of rage bridge?

[ewan]

From his other website:

'$200 gets you the board with headers and 6€³ long power and motor wire pigtails soldered, ready to connect using servo cables to your signal source. No connectors are included'

So expensive but potentially bulletproof

[typhoon_driver]

My only concern with these boards is the support you get with them. Granted if something went wrong with a botbitz controller it would likely be chucked and a new one bought as they are cheap enough especially if you hacked it yourself. That was the other thing I like about the electronize controllers. I can easily fix them myself.

A $200 speedo is a bit different and how likely is that it would be fixable 4 or 5 years down the line?