Novak Electronics is introducing the smallest, most complete and feature-packed brushless ESC to date. The Impact Racing Brushless ESC with X-Drive is 1.15” x 0.95” square, 0.75 oz., and feature 1s-2s lipo and 4-6 nimh compatibility. It is a sensor-based brushless ESC. It comes prewired with Novak Super Flex 14-guage wires. The part I like [...]
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Viper RC has just announced their latest ESC. The new VTX1 Sensored Brushless ESC has an all aluminum case to help disperse heat without a fan, comes with eight pre-loaded profiles that are all customizable and is designed for 1/12 and 1/10 on-road applications. It’s set up so you don’t need to run a separate [...]
DuraTrax is jumping into the brushless biz after testing the waters with their first ESC, the DE10. Now they are introducing a new budget brushless combo in the Element Sport. The Element combo is intended for those with RTR 1/10 scale buggies, stadium trucks, and short course trucks. The combo includes the Element Sport ESC, [...]
Kershaw Designs has collected too much stuff over the last couple years and they’re tired of tripping over it every time they walk in the door. Well their frustration is your gain, they’ve taken a ton of that stuff and started putting it up on eBay to get rid of it as quickly as possible. [...]
We met some of the guys from Viper RC back at iHobby, and again at RCX. We just got a little PR from them about their new VTX 10/10R electronic speed control. Built for 1/10th and 1/12 scale vehicles, the VTX 10 is a sensored system, has a dynamic drag brake and timing boost, SBEC [...]
Novak is showing off their new Kinetic 4S 1/8 scale brushless esc and Ballistic motor combo. It’s current feature set includes timing advance in addition to all the features of the other Kinetic line, minus boost mode. While nothing is set in stone yet, Novak is testing various combinations of motors in the 1800 – [...]
Novak wants you to dump the Velineon system from your Slash 4×4. Why would they want you to do that? Because they have a replacement for it. They’ve taken their sportsman class, inexpensive GTB 2 ESC, paired it with their Ballistic 550 motor and have called it GTB 2 / Ballistic 550 Traxxas 4WD BL [...]
Novak’s popular sportsman class ESC, the GTB 2 Sportsman, is now available in combos with their Ballistic brushless motors. The GTB 2 has all kinds of great features, but it more notable for what it’s missing, namely timing adjustments and a pc data port, making it ideal for spec class racing. Some of the things [...]
Axial has partnered up with Castle Creations to develop a new ESC for the budget minded rock crawlers in the crowd. The AE-2 is a fairly simple and straight-forward ESC that comes from the factory programmed with drag brake and zero delay forward/reverse. In addition, it is also programmable with Castle’s CastleLink programmer, has a [...]
We just posted over in the RC Reviews section our review of the Castle Creations Sidewinder SCT Combo! A lot of people have been waiting on this latest ESC/Motor Combo, and it’s time to put it to the test! Click the pic or head over and check it out here!
LRP has a new brushless esc/motor combo made specifically for drifting. They say that the Ultimo Drift Type 1 combo is ideal for beginners to intermediate drifters, offering smooth throttle control and special drifting brake profiles. Other features include automaticc NiMH/LiPo adaptation, auto brushed/brushless motor adaptation, and four adjustable modes. Check out LRP’s web site [...]
Novak has a new addition to their huge line of brushless ESCs. The new Havoc Pro SC speed control is specifically designed for all you short course racers. One of the few things Novak is touting about this new ESC is a redesigned brake system. But it also features electronic timing and 14 adjustable parameters. [...]
Here’s another new item from Robitronic today, this time it’s a brushless speed control for 1/8 scale electric vehicles. The Speedstar Brushless ESC is LiPo ready and has many features making it suitable for racing. It’s got selectable current limiting, adjustable power curves and motor timing, and adjustable brake. Reverse can also be disabled. The [...]