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Hi, I recently received this esc in working condition from a vintage RC car I bought.
Can anyone identify the brand for me?
I am really trying to find a manual for it.
It looks similar to an old Sanwa one I own but I cant find anything on google.
Thanks
Chris

sure can that would be a sanwa mate! early 80's

gary

Thanks Gary. I will continue the search for a manual.

I had one in the 80's.

I thought is was made in Melbourne. It has a relay that you can hear click in and out. The Realay should click at 3/4 throttle to bypass the reistors inside to give less on restance.

Not a very good unit as mine popped so many times with a Le Mans 480T in my Mauri Galaxy. ( 25t by the way)

If you are to run it i wouldn't go any hotter than a Mabuchi stock motor in a 2wd.

Cheers.
Mark.

This was my first ESC...definately not Sanwa. Not sure where it was made Taiwan perhaps?

Is it an early Ko Propo? I have the Gold RM Limited unit which looks to have a similar case.

not sanwa hey, well i stand corrected! maybe your correct mark that it's australian. i know this one is in the picture is

Also not by KO Jason...you have a picture of the gold RM limited version? I remember my friend having an ESC which had an alloy gold annodised cover like the MK but it was forward only and was absolutely tiny compared to what was available back then (it was at least half the size of of the MK). He ran it in unlimited class bitd with his Turbo Optima (using 7 cells 8.4v batts) so it must have some decent current handling capabilities. He got it in Hong Kong from memory.

How about NOVA? Not be confused with novak.

Pretty confident that it is a Sanwa Chris, or at least the MK600 was "badged" a Sanwa. I am pretty sure that there was also another "badge engineered" brand that used the same speedy with a gold or red case under a different name.

I have one of these NIB somwehere in the collection, not sure if I have the manual though.

I remember them lasting about 1 or two days racing before you had to pull them apart and take the protective plastic cover off the relay switch and clean the contacts, put a bit of vaseline on them and then put the cover over again and put the rest of the speedy back together. For what they were - they were a pretty good speedy - not really designed for terribly hot motors though - not much over a stock motor was recommended.

Cheers

Darryn

How about NOVA? Not be confused with novak.

Nova rings a bell with the gold coloured esc

Pretty confident that it is a Sanwa Chris, or at least the MK600 was "badged" a Sanwa.

Ok if it was a rebadged Sanwa then it could be possible with all the confusion but pretty sure mine did not have anything Sanwa printed on it (yes mine gave up the ghost as well and I pulled it apart to have a look)...but it has been awhile so who knows

Thanks everyone. Hey Daz if you have a manual and could scan it for me, that would be magic.
Theres nothing on the net
at all.

besty22 wrote:Thanks everyone. Hey Daz if you have a manual and could scan it for me, that would be magic.
Theres nothing on the net
at all.

Hey mate - not a drama - wont promise anything too quick though - huuuuge end of the year activities coming up.

Been selling of some of the collection here and there though - so will hopefully come up with it eventually.

Cheers

Darryn

Thanks Daz. No worries. I can wait its for my shelf Supershot anyway.

I had a couple of these, they came in a plastic clear box, were common in australia.

could be a generic brand, these were unbranded as far as i know, maybe MK models.

besty22 wrote:Hi, I recently received this esc in working condition from a vintage RC car I bought.
Can anyone identify the brand for me?
I am really trying to find a manual for it.
It looks similar to an old Sanwa one I own but I cant find anything on google.
Thanks
Chris