New esc from hobbyking

[dp106]

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__39708__Afro_ESC_30Amp_Multi_rotor_Motor_Speed_Controller_SimonK_Firmware_.html?utm_campaign=020713.UK&utm_content=1015101569&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EDM
Comes pre loaded with SimonK which is nice

[teslahed]

The hardware has been designed in part by Timecope (Hamasaki) who designed the Naze32 32 bit version of the multiwii flight controller. He';s a bit of a hardware obsessive / snob so the chances are these ESCs are going to be quite good.

Any ESC flashed with the excellent SimonK firmware tends to perform well so i have high hopes for these ones.

And they come with LEDs!

[Gav]

Looks great.  About time the old traditional ESC was redesigned.

Not rushing out to buy any though.  Will wait till next year or til the ones I have burn out lol

[rsmith21]

I fancy trying them but I';ve just built the NAZAFLY with Turnigy 18A so it would just be wasteful but I would like to see what difference SimonK firmware would make to the handling, I';m still traumatised from my early setup flights when it would just wobble earthwards  Flying quite well now so don';t want to mess.

But its soooo tempting 

[nub]

fs the afro ESC whats next, the hipster BEC?

preflashed with simonK, wonder what he gains from this commercial use of his firmware, nothing nae doot.

[teslahed]

Hobbyking claim that;

Royalties paid on each unit sold to SimonK and Hamasaki for their design work, without which the Afro ESC would never have been born, thanks guys!

And ';Afrotech'; is one of timecops (Hamasaki';s) brand names.

So at this point i can only assume that everything is ok with all this stuff. Timecop usually speaks up if he feels hard done by so i';m sure we';ll hear about it if he gets screwed over...

[barneyg]

looks nice and a reasonable price.  When/If I build a new quad I think I';ll definitely be looking at these

[Biffa]

They could have chosen a better colour for the heat shrink. That nasty light green wont go with anything 

[teslahed]

Given that the thing comes with indicator LEDs i think the first thing i would do is replace the heatshrink with transparent stuff!

[peter_a]

The ESC is good for troubleshooting , with leds and beeps you get more feedback than the standard controller ,
plus I2c and serial input !!!!

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/310964900X365809X4.pdf

[dp106]

The ESC is good for troubleshooting , with leds and beeps you get more feedback than the standard controller ,
plus I2c and serial input !!!!

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/310964900X365809X4.pdf

Can you explain for us thickies what benefit that has?

[dp106]

At the moment im using 30a multistar escs flashed with SimonK, would these work alongside them if I got a couple as spares?

[peter_a]

I killed one these , which I flashed with simonk .

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__13429__HobbyKing_30A_BlueSeries_Brushless_Speed_Controller.html

So waiting for them to come out of back order in the u.k , But I don`t think I`ll mix and match , but get a complete set + one for my next multirotor