Page 1 of 1
Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:50 pm
by tizeye
This ESC came with a basket case RC10 I bought..at first I thought it might of been home made now I'm not so sure...any ideas guys?
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:53 pm
by scr8p
the case is definately a home brew. i don't know what make the esc is, though.
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:54 pm
by aconsola
probably a tekin or novak with a homemade "case"
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:02 pm
by tizeye
Ok here's a picture with the case off...
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:11 pm
by aconsola
is there any writing on the board? many novaks have some on the bottom, see here:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6488&start=30
The chip in the middle has the same id numbers as the one in an old tekin I have here, but your chip goes side to side and mine is up and down. Both have the 2 adjusters on the left in the same orientation, so it is probably a Tekin.
Do the motor/battery wires have any writing on them?
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:25 pm
by tizeye
No writing on the wires and there is a plastic sheet glued to the bottom...oh well it appears as if it's nothing special so in the trash it goes...
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:04 pm
by MOmo
If it functions, why trash it?
MOmo
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:04 pm
by tizeye
Yeah I guess you are right...I haven't tried the unit but I'm sure it will be of some use to somebody..so it's free plus shipping
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 1:59 pm
by factory team gair
Looks kinda like a Victor Engineering ESC.
That's all I got.
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:11 pm
by mikedealer
factory team gair wrote:Looks kinda like a Victor Engineering ESC.
That's all I got.
the heatsink looks like that, but those ESC's have wires that come out on both sides (left and right)
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:10 am
by jwscab
It's got to be an early esc, due to the controller chip, the NE544, it's a servo controller. Alot of the DIY controllers used it with a modified circuit to make it an esc controller. They are obsolete, and it wouldn't surprise me if the first esc offerings used it as the basic architecture.
it looks professional enough that it was probably company made, vs DIY.
if it works, it's certainly worth keeping around, even for a trade or something. If you can get the part number of the FET's, you can probably determine how much power it can dissipate and can figure out how hot a motor it can handle.
Re: Can anyone ID this ESC
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:37 pm
by tizeye
jwscab wrote:It's got to be an early esc, due to the controller chip, the NE544, it's a servo controller. Alot of the DIY controllers used it with a modified circuit to make it an esc controller. They are obsolete, and it wouldn't surprise me if the first esc offerings used it as the basic architecture.
it looks professional enough that it was probably company made, vs DIY.
if it works, it's certainly worth keeping around, even for a trade or something. If you can get the part number of the FET's, you can probably determine how much power it can dissipate and can figure out how hot a motor it can handle.
Cheers thanks for the info...I might put it in the BST section I'm sure someone would like it..being a bit of RC history and all that...
Pete