Selecting A Brushed Speed Controller - ESC Terms to Know & Features To Look For - Holmes Hobbies
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- The days of having to search through tons of brushed speed controllers to find the right one for you is behind us. The brushed ESC selection is much smaller nowadays which makes selection a bit easier, but you still be armed with the knowledge on what to look for. And of course you've come to the right place to find answers. John Holmes of Holmes Hobbies takes a look at some popular ESC's he has experience with and tells you what you should look for when picking a speed control for your trail truck, crawler, basher or other RC rig.
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I'm still pretty new to r.c stuff so I just call it the thingamajiger that hooks up to the whatchmacallit and makes the doodad go
Great answer 💯 🤣😂
Not even close. The confuser makes the pixies dance, then it starts choochin'.
@@matthewchin6454 ahaha i see a fellow man of culture
Bro bin into rc years I still use the same terminology as you 😂 🤣
John,
I admire your marketing approach; that being that you don't push your products so hard that it singles out everything else. I love that you're values are set on quality and personal experiences with the client. Maybe this is why we don't see your stuff in RTRs? All that brown nosing out of the way, I only want to buy motors from HH from this point on. Keep up the great leadership level action sir. 👍
I appreciate that! I aim to have the channel be for information and not marketing.
Same John. I spend so much time watching your videos! Still with all I know, I learn stuff from you. Will be picking up a snub nose for my lcg build. I want the weight savings of the snub nose but I'm not a fan of the outrunner screech. Do you offer any of your own ESC with a silent (kinda like blheli or silent assassin) tune?
What i generally look for in an ESC is the "hobbywing" writing on the case 😂
In Portugal the ESC is also known by Variator, there you go!
I'm running a hobbywing 1080 in a trx4 sport. Holme Trailmaster motor and a arrma notorious steering servo. At 7.4v the servo really does perform. Great videos brotha 👌🏽✊🏾💯
Obrigado!
*You'd have to pry my BR-XL from my cold Dead Fingers!!!*
Seriously. It's an ESC that does EVERYTHING I ask of it. My Servos are in the 310-332oz. in. range, and I have yet to feel the need for a BEC!! 😎👍👍
That's not to say I never will. I only run 2S. Sure, I'd love to go 3S... But my non Budget of a Disabled Veteran will never let me..... It's my Cross to bear. Someday I'll be able to.
John, I've always been a fan of your Products!! Mainly because you put thought and Pride into them. And they're just damn good Products.
I've mentioned often, I'm a HUGE Fan of your TorqueMaster Pro, 30 Turn Handwound Motor. Just enough Torque and Speed when I need it! I'm not a Pro Comp Crawler... but that could change. I'm just really happy with what I've got! 😊
Carmine 💥⛽
Thank you for your service sir!
Remember the Tyco Typhoon? I lost one of those in a river. Had to be atleast 25 years ago. There was a shallow crossing roughly 150 yards down stream. Used to lose basketballs and other things, run down stream through the woods and be standing in the river waiting on them. The Typhoon went out of range of the transmitter and stopped responding. But that day the river was faster than I was, by the time I got to the crossing it was already passing by.
You my brother are a fountain of RC knowledge👍🤙
Dude, love your products and love your videos. You are the Bob Ross of R/C’s.
i said same thing month ago! lol awesome somebody else see's it aswell to funny
holy shit i never saw it until you opened my eyes for me bro but you so nailed it with that one.
That HW1080 seems to work great for me. I have it on my cheap Everest 10 and take it through the creek in my front yard all the time. And yes I have had to kick off my shoes to rescue a few time. Being down south does make this possible 10 months out of the year. Have a great day
Bro i absolutely love your sense of humor 👍🏻💯
Well, I can never unsee that intro, thank you
Another great video, John! One thing that you did not bring up, the freewheeling function on the HW1080. It's item 15 in the programming menu Its default setting is disabled, but if you enable it, you can set your drag brake high enough to hold you on a steep incline and use the throttle to drive down the incline, without run a way truck syndrome. My typical setup is a HW1080 with a HH 13t Crawlmaster, on 3s. I pretty much only run 2 servos. The Savox 1230 and a Reefs 422HD. I've ran them with a BEC and without. Even without the BEC, I've never had a brown out and power and speed seem to be the same. Both of those servos have a stall load of 5A and I believe the 1080 has a 6A peak, according to a HW rep I spoke with. I'm sure for longevity, a BEC would be a good option.
I have the Hobbywing 2 in 1 Fusion SE. The internal BEC is switchable from 6V-7.4V and it works great for me, though you would need to run 3s to maintain consistent voltage when running on the 7.4V setting. Found that out when I swapped to a telemetry capable radio on my TRX4.
Interesting video. For my RC boats, I use ESC's with a minimum of 50% extra current handling capacity. For example, a motor that may pull a max of 60A, I will use an ESC rated at 90A minimum. Peace of mind comes at price, but at it works for me.
I run the 1080 ESC with a 36kg servos lights and whinch works fine even with the 550 crawl master pro it's a fantastic set up easy to program it's what I have in all my crawlers rigs
If we are talking scale, it's an ECU. Today on my scx2 I mean jeep cherokee I replaced the engine, steering box and ecu.
haha, like it
Found this video when i was looking at the Hobbywing 1080, my TRX4 is 9 days old, and has fried the Traxxas ESC already.
I eliminated the need for a BEC with the Holmes BLS SHV500v2 Brushless 12V. Runs directly off the battery.
Until recently I was running the stock ae-5 esc 3s 35 turn with no issues on a 12+ lbs rig. I’m currently upgrading it with 12v servo, hobbywing 1080 and 13 turn 5 slot motor.
I’ve used the mamba micro x and mmp for brushed and they both worked amazing
I've eliminated all my external bec's by using spektrum S6230 servos. 6v max, 311oz-in torque. Amazing servo, I highly recommend them.
Is there anyway you could put a link tocthose servos up?
@@jahmenrcbuildingasone4254 here's the link... www.horizonhobby.com/s6230-digital-surface-servo-spmss6230
I have the quick run 1080. I have it programmed for 6V bec. I run a 35kg servo and it runs it along with my 6V servo winch and dig micro servo just fine. My rigs are trail trucks and not specifically rock crawlers although I do take them in creeks often.
Just getting into crawling and loving your channel. Soaking in all the info. Just bought a Holmes SVH800 for a belly dragger build I’m planning. Direct power seems the way to go for the high power servos.
I love the 24 scale iguana ESC. The Bluetooth allows me to draw my own throttle curve which is the big game changer.
I run 2s to preserve my motor and esc life. I have the 2 speed trx4 so I have the speed when I want it and I rarely notice a need for more power.
u can run 3s just fine. going up on the battery power does not cause the life of the motor or esc to diminish in that truck. i have a trx4 thats been owned by 4 people over 4-5 years and has been a competition crawler for all of us. its never seen one 2s battery and had stock everything till i had it
Watched an ae5 crap out and take off over the side of a 30 ft quarry wall into a swimming hole.he fished it out with rope and the claw of a hammer. I had a 1060 running reefs 422 at 6v. Had no issues running 3s.
I built a WPL c24 truck all Metal upgrades put about $230 in it and ran a esc out of my Traxxas Bigfoot for about a month worked excellent
I’ve been running a Sidewinder 3 with a external BEC with no problem at all but I’m ordering the Torquemaster BR-XL next Friday. For my Scx-10 and Crawlmaster Sport brushed motor
I’ve ran a Tekin T-35 Heavy Duty motor the last couple years and it’s time to change up a few things
Im running the quicrun crawler ESC with a Savox sv-1270tg servo H.H. trail master sport 27t and a winch and haven't had no lack of power but I'm not exactly sure how many oz of torque that servo has it was just on sale at my LHS and the guy recommend it so I went with it haven't had no issue I like the ESC just because the program card makes it easy to tune on the trail and play around with settings
What battery connection does it come with deans or what?
I like to run the axial ae-5 esc. Works well for my brushed needs.
When I first started crawling I was using HW1040’s and 1060’s. When HW introduced the 1080 it became my go to. The card adjustability of the HW1080 gave me the options I wanted to adjust my crawler my way. Recently, I’ve made the switch to the Reedy SC480X. It also has a tuning card but offers less tuning options than a HW1080. The primary reason for the switch was price. The SC480X is $21.99 from Associated. The tuning card is $10. In my case, I have 24 of these in trucks. If I need more tuning g that what the Reedy offers, I swap to a HW1080.
Are the reedy speed controls doing good for you on 3s, with external BEC...? What additional options does the 1080 provide?
@@isaiahfurrow7414 the 1080 has options like max forward force, max reverse, max brake, initial brake, drag brake and drag brake rate. Much more fine tuning. I run the Reedy with it's internal BEC. It's rated at 7.4V/5A.
Ive heard about your products before and after seein another youtuber talking about both your 540 trailmaster and the hw1080 i had to go for both since i was building a custom axial scale crawler and i have to say im very pleased with your motor. So pleased i got another one along with the same esc. But your informative discussion about servos did spark interest since i haven't any idea of what to go for till now. Thanks for the info and pinpointing me in the right direction for servos.
In Icelandic it's called (Rafmagnsmótor hraða stýrikerfi) 😂🤣
Okay you have the craziest name for it.
And I thought "Fahrtregler" was strange🤣
Absolutely love the 550 12t crawl master pro on my new Bronco with a 9t pinion gear. It's amazing!!
I am running the Hobbywing 1080 with the bec set to 6.0v in my TRX-4 for the diff lock and shift servos. I have an external BEC dedicated solely to the steering servo. The reason for this set up is because experience has shown that the shift and diff lock servos don't appreciate 7.4v and have shown dramatically shorter life.
Great video! Keep up the informative vids! You are the Master when it comes to XR10/Berg Comp rigs, you are the master, with your brushed motor choices and ESC's. No one competitive in 2.2Pro is running anything else, maybe an FX-r (smashed/de-cased) in some cases... I love my FX-r's though for all brushed scaler applications, price, speed, programable, I do run a BEC on most crawler apps., it's really a must.
Yeeaaaahhhhh...... So, back when I had my first XMaxx (before the "waterproof" versions came out) I was up in the mountains near Seattle at Snoqualmie Pass. Went to the X-Country Sno-Park to play with my rig, right?
Was rippin' it around on the trail, sent it up, it caught a rut in the snow, hooked hard left and LAUNCHED INTO THE VOID.... 😂
Finally touched ground and cartwheeled the REST of the way down the embankment and into the ice cold creek. Took me a good half hour to fight my way down through all the fresh powder, grab it out of the water and then get the both of us back up. 😂😂😂 Brr.
I have the holmes hobbies esc that you are showing in the video (great esc),i also bought a 30 turn brushed motor it stopped working I sent it back for warranty work,when I got ti back I put it back in my bomber and used it for about a half hour then the commontater came apart ,I just gave up on it
You check the heat while running ? Bombers are pretty dang hard on 540 brushed motors if not geared just right. I would be willing to trade towards a 550.
HolmesHobbies I know they are lol!I put a two speed in it for that reason,I only use it for crawling,I love the power of your motors.I would be willing to do that!! how do we go about it ? Thanks for replying that’s very respectable of you
HolmesHobbies the motor only get mildly warm I constantly check that while I’m running it, I am presently running a 45 turn integy motorwith no issues
@@rccrawler76 Such a slow turn motor would be more apt to not overheat. Especially with a two speed! That is likely why the 30t didn't last.
@@rccrawler76 send a message to warranty@ . Since it's likely the two speed that caused it, maybe we split the speed that you are currently running and try a 27t 550 Trailmaster. Let Justin know in email I would like to send you one.
Ive been running Power HD WP23 servos with 319oz on your BR XL for around 2 years and on the Hobbywing 1080 for around a year on a SCX10 and SCX10II both on 3s, 1.9 wheels and both trucks are just under 7lbs, the 1080 gets warmer than the BR XL but its still only warm ad no issues.
The "John Holmes' of esc's and electric motors 3rd leg and hands down lmao. On a more serious note don't take this guy's info to a grain of salt bc HE DEFINITELY KNOWS HIS SHIT..dudes wicked smart. He will get you where you need to be.
great info john, thank you. i have the brxl with a 27t torque master pro in my 10.2. it's perfect on 3s. my servo is a hi-tec 7955tg which is right around 300 oz/inch. i use an external bec just to be safe. overall i'm very happy with the electronics, although a may upgrade to a stronger water proof servo.
Still using a old school esc in my 1/10 Tamiya VeeDub Beetle. hi-tec mosfet from around 1996.
I'm running the hobbywing 1080 with a reef RC triple four 444oz servo. Just for extra piece of mind I put a little Savox glitch Buster just to be safe. Speed and torque seem to be on par.
My rig is a gen 8. I love playing in the water and was wondering if i should even try going brushless?
I like the idea of more torque.
Your the man! That's why i ask.
Well, brushless is nice but also more money to destroy if you don't clean and dry after water. I'm personally to lazy to dunk my $100 motors. I use the $20 trailmaster sports for water.
@@HolmesHobbies cool.
thank you. I respect your opinion greatly.
I'm running a savox 1230sg on one rig and an mks hv777a+ on another with 1080 esc. The 1230 is set at 6v, the mks is set at 7.4v. I'm running a spektrum radio and have not experienced any brown outs. I do prefer an external Bec but the 1080 has proven to be pretty robust.
I'm trying the BR Mini at 3s in a 4.6 pound rig. Mainly for friendly comps. Looking forward to testing it out and seeing how it performs!
How did it work.out for you... I just got a truck with the br mini in it without a external bec and it shuts done sometimes on me and the lipo is st 63 percent...
The hobbywing 1080 has a selectable internal BEC 6v or 7.4v, with the program card. More than enough for the servo i use. 17kg servo. PowerHD. I run it in my wraith set up with a 35t heavy-duty tekin motor. Love the hobbywing stuff.
I'm using HW 1080 and a 20kg cm servo. Runs fine with it. Another similar servo is used for winching and it can use both for that short winching and turning moments.
Love your video very informative.... Kind of new to rcing and was given a monster truck looks to be around 8th scale and want to up grade and this video of all that i seen lol is the best and now i can finish KONG as i call him... Thank you again love it👋👋👋👋👋👋✌✌✌✌🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I run a Holmes Br-xl on 3s 50c running a team puller 400 and a Tekin T-440 and that esc puts out plenty of power on the big tf2 blazer
I use a Hobbywing Quicrun WP and it powers my PowerHD LW-20MG(no external BEC) just fine when the wheels get in a tricky spot.
I was crawling with my TRX 4 tell off of a 50 foot cliff into a waterfall had to go swimming for it probably 15 feet down
Very informative as always John, Thank You! I will be placing an order for a couple of your brushed crawler combos this month!
As always , very informative video! And I learned a couple things about servo power etc.. thanks to man with the LONGEST SCREWDRIVER 😆😆😆😆😆
I run the 1080 as it’s one of the most affordable brushed rock crawler escs on the market. I run a Powerhd 23kg servo and it runs it not problem. I have a Trx4 Sport. The internal bec is adjustable. 6 volts or 7.4 volts @ 3 amps. I’ve been running it for two years with no issues. I run it @ 6 volts as the Powerhd 23kg is not HV. Before the Powerhd, I ran a Savox 1210 sg with no issues on. An scx10. It’s a really great esc with lots of programmability. And @ around $40, ya can’t go wrong.
I have 4 fxr's and love them. I have only 1 bec and it is because I am running a pig of a savox in her. I only ran savox for a while until recently. I know am trying the market, yours will be next john, but for now I grabbed a 3brothersrc G12, and just ordered a reefs 555.
I use a savox 1210sg with the hobbywing 1080. It has 444oz torque
Are you running a BEC
@@seanhatch4425 no the hobbywing 1080 has a 7.4v internal bec
i just lmao ...longest screwdriver xD ....this won the internet
Hello my friend, First of all i want to tell you that I am a fan of all your articles, servo, motor, esc, etc... and I equip all my crawlers with your equipment. Could you help me with some explanation for programming my mini dual brushed esc please? thanks
I luv running the BRXL it has never failed me and I like to run a servo @ 400oz of torque or higher but when money is funny lol I'm reduced to a cheaper servo
Hey john!! I regards to the quicrun 1080 esc. I run 4ws with no external bec. I have the 25kg annimos servos front and rear and it does wonderful. Never had an issue with brown outs or anything. Very happy with it. It has a setting for bec 1 is 6.0v and 2 is 7.4v. I have it set on 2 for more power to my servos and it seems to perform great.
I use a Tekin fxr kit 55 turns motor heavy duty
and Gens ACE LIpo 50c 5000 mAh 7.4 v 2s
in a Gelande II D90
GOT A TEAM READY SC480X AND A RADON 10T 5-SLOT IN MY EVEREST 10, THATS NOT REALLY AN EVEREST ANYMORE. BELT DRIVE WITH SUPER CONTROL LOW END. GREAT COMBO!
I’ve been running HOBBYWING 1060’s in all my upgraded or modified brushed vehicles. I tried a couple of the cheaper Amazon ones and they actually burned out a servo and even burned up my vintage 27mhz airtronics receiver. So to me the HOBBYWING versions are the best value for the money
manufacturers should just note what mosfet they use, the constant current rating is reliable, but the marketing people like the burst rating more because is so much higher
I bought my first traxxas trx-4 Bronco 2021 and will run the original ESC from traxxas. Off course with the original traxxas BEC and the original 400 oz traxxas servo BUT i make one essentiell change on it and that's a holmes hobbies TorqueMaster Pro 550 21t and it transform the whole rig to an other Level. Awsome Motor. I use nearly only HH Motors in my 16 rigs and mostly with an HW1080 but this is a great combo. If the traxxas ESC will die, i put in an HW1080 also. But for now it's an great choice and drives awsome.
I have 2 set's of Novak Goat 2s brushless ESC and motor combo running in my Gmade Stealth crawler moa super class back from 2009. And always looking to improve. 🤙🏻🔥😎🔥👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
When you connect anything you want to solder . Always.
I bought the Quicrun 1080 to get rid of the beeping sounds when driving slowly. I will operate a 60 turn brush motor and a servo with 10 Kg force. The power comes from NiMH 6 cell (7.2Volt) packs.
60-turn motor must have incredible hing torque. Whats a motor you have?
It is a DF-models crawler-motor (should) be a brushed (540 can) 3 slot 60 turns bought with the DF-4J. -{8-D
Thank you sir. Always very informative.
Mamba micro x with a eco power wp 110. 280 oz works just fine for me with a castle slate 2850 kv
What's a good way to tell if your servo is being underpowered?
Hello, I have a RC car with a crystal 5 (RX) 26.740. The controller is missing. What controller can I buy, those programmable ones that I can use with this car? The car brand is Nikko, probably a 10 year old car, but I don't want the OEM controller, I would like to buy a better quality one. Can I remove the board and add a ESC and a receiver and salvage the motor and servo?
I have a monster beetle And The Brat RC cars what speed control would you put nam are used to use the super rooster and I used to put I hopped up motor in my super blackfoots and king Blackfoot please comment back thank you very much for this video
900oz-in 🤣 direct power 3s. Bound it up the other day and it just snapped the track bar mount right off the shock tower😳. Time to go SOA. Ooof-ta
I've been running the hobbywing quick run 1080 for a couple years and love it. Burnt a couple up but over all will buy again. Recently switched to a brushless( dynamite 130a esc from my losi ) in my vaterra ascender with a 3000kv motor. so I put the 1080 quick run in my wife's redcat gen 7 pro. Would love to try a Holmes hobby esc
Do those dynamite escs have good drag brakes for crawling ?
@@marleybrown4554 yes the quick run wp 1080 has a great drag break. With the program card you have multiple set points for the brake
@@marleybrown4554 also of you enable the freewheel on the program card (option 15) it preforms better at slow speeds
I like the power of 7.4 volt but having trouble finding a ESE that can handle the power most ESE like 7.2 but don't get the burst like the 7.4 or 2 s batteries.
Just found your channel a couple months ago. Thanks for doing very detailed videos explaining as much as you do. Going to order a couple of your brushed motors for my trx4 sports soon. Just need to figure out which one to go with.
For the price the 1080 is an absolute deal!
I have gen 8 and I put a hobbywing 1080 in it when the stock one went bad for the second time. Then I put a hobbywing 1080 in it and I took it out for a drive and I loved it. Would defanly buy a nother one.
Here's a bit of fun. Remember the old AXIAL AE-3 ESC, OG Holmes BRXL 4s and the OG Castle sidewinders??? Well it was hard to tell them apart really strangely. So my old AXIAL ESC had NO problem running 4s all day with an AWESOME old Holmes Cobalt Puller 14t brushed motor as long as I had the castle BEC it worked great. And the old sidewinders could run brushed or brushless motors on 4s lipo also. Don't listen to the rules. Run it.
I’m running a hobby wing 880for my dual motor four wheel steering Rockcrawler seems to work pretty good might ruin a BEC once I upgrade the steering servo‘s so they can handle a little more voltage. But this thing seems to handle 3S on twin 550 canyons pretty well
I running the 1080 ESC with the sevox servo 1210sg all on 3s power .i like the set up so far running in the wraith 2.2
I run the quickrun 1080 on my trx4 sport(moded) and my axial wraith 1.9 . Using the hitec ultra torque servo and servo that came with the sport. I set both esc to 7.4 volt bec and they seem to be pretty good. Haven't had an issue with torque or lack of. My TRX 4 sport is nearing 8 lbs if it hasn't passed that weight already.
That little Quicrun there is a nice ESC. Very worth the ~$45 it costs. Had it for a short bit in my Granite 4x4 before going to brushless recently. It was decidedly over-sized for a 12t 550. Got warm to the touch with no fan even just hanging on full throttle. Tons of adjustability using the little programmer card that it comes with. Neat thing is that the little programming card works for other ESCs of all kinds often times. I use it for my BLX100.
Thank you your comment proves I can try to use the HW 1080 on my Arrma Senton brushed version. Did your Granite run without issues with the 1080 ?
Why haven't you talked about spectrum esc and receiver combo
Hey John! Great video and info. I like the techy stuff and talking about it as well.
For me and what I tend to look for when shopping for esc's are cont./peak amperage, I tend to not worry about smoothness if tuning options allow for me to adjust startup characteristics, and voltage handling. I have had really good luck with the hobby wing 1080 on 3s running a jx servo around 280 in/oz of torque I think. Using an axial 35t 540 motor. Very smooth throttle curve and punchy when needed. 3s seems to be my go to as it's a good amount of power and speed.
With servos I find that for most applications 250-350 in/oz is enough. However, I don't sacrifice the response for torque if I can. So I will typically pick the highest amount of torque without sacrificing response speed. Say one servo has 500 in/oz but at a .20 response time and another had 300 in/oz but with a .13 response rate, I'd take the faster servo as long as the torque is sufficient for the weight of the vehicle. With my losi based sportsman rig, I'm going to run a custom wound 540 motor that I bought a bunch of parts from you guys actually, at around 25-30t, hobbywing 1080, Castle bec @ 7.4v, 3s lipo, and a servo with 300+ in/oz and .12 or faster response rate. I expect my truck to weigh about 7 pounds roughly. That's gonna be my go to combination.
I clip the mounting tabs off XL-5s and run them in my vintage restos.
It's funny what a little perspective will do.
I run the 3s limited Hobbywing, during a recent rebuild I spent HOURS trying to re bind, throttle calibrate, reset, and almost bought a new one and finally found that I had accidentally connected my 4s airplane battery. Steering worked and would go in reverse but I don’t recommend using a 4s with that esc 🤦🏼♂️🤣
I’m running a quick run 1080 with a savox sw-1212sg and so far haven’t had any issue they claim the servo puts out 600 oz but I doubt those numbers are true
Thanks for another great video. I just received my 1080esc and Holmes crawlmaster sport 12t, for my scx10 II. still waiting on my new soldering iron. But I'm planning on running them on 3s. And I still have the factory tactic servo in place. But we will see how long that lasts since I just added a lot of brass and steel to my rig. Thanks again for the great, relaxing, and informative videos.
Also used to run the 1080 on my vaterra twin hammers abs that worked really well back then but it did not come with the program card then so I can't say for sure what all my settings were.
Motor limits. What the lowest motor limit or highest on what voltages. 2s,3s,4s etc. I feel it’s a common issue for heat or burning the esc up. Thanks.
We have 2 or 3 300+ oz servos. But most are well over 400....550, 555's and 650oz Proteks and of course your direct power SHV500.
Another straight forward HH vid John! Today I just purchased a Torque Master BR-XL ESC and a 27T TorqueMaster Pro 550 for my "heavy TRX4" Kit Build. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience, very helpful! 👍
how is it running?
I have a question, why do you offer both waterproof and non-waterproof BR Mini Dual ESC’s?
Helpful vid as always. I've got a 1080, works well with my PowerHD 20 kg servo but doesn't like the 23 kg version so I'll get an external bec to try with that. One big improvement would be a throttle curve adjustment on it, I think the Holmes escs have that?
Which ESC is best for RC Dumper Truck.
Very informative once again, great to see videos like these, they really help people getting into the hobby.
I love the low speed capabilities of the 1080 that I have but what got me hooked where the lack of noise from it, you can set it to not have as high electronic noise as the 1060 I used earlier and many other cheap esc.
I runt external bec on my cars, Castle Creations on my Wraith and some HobbyKing model on my Ascender, servos are also Hobbyking, "12 something B" which I chose after wrecking several Savöx servos on my Wraith and I chose the HobbyKing servos because the gears look much stronger than the Savöx, still unbroken, three years later 😊
Just so you are aware, I was the first company to offer silent switching frequencies on ESCs. It's only a crawler that stands so close to a vehicle and would hear the noise. The BRXL and now discontinued BLE both have inaudible frequencies selectable.
@@HolmesHobbies Honesty that doesn't surprise me one bit, for something like that to happen it takes someone who's doing what he does for the love and passion of the hobby, not to make a whole lot of money, that's a bonus if you can earn money on what drives you to improve whatever you're into.
@@HolmesHobbies Say that I wanted to replace my RC4WD 55t motor and Hobbywing 1080 esc with your products, what would you recommend me to buy? I have an Ascender with stock drivetrain and tires and I prefer slow and steady crawling and to a lot of trail runs, I use a 5000mah 3s lipo and the car gets it fair share of mud, dust and water, it simply gets used properly 😊
My personal choice without going top of the line on everything, 20t crawlmaster expert and BRXL
@@HolmesHobbies that's not as much as I thought it would be, even with our taxes it's still reasonably, not cheap but not as bad as I thought, I will definitely have this in mind either for future upgrades or projects. Do you have any resellers in Sweden or EU?
Going to do a new build, and looking into electronics. Probably going to use a 16t 5slot, not sure which servo, some lights, 3s setup...and maybe 2 extra micro servos if it ends up being the new SCX10 III kit. I am trying to decide which "speedo" to use, between the HW 1080, and the Tekin BXR ... my FXR/55t has been rock solid on 3s(with a BEC) , and a Hitec 333oz/in TG servo, for about 12 years now.