gman1971
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Exactly my point, the difference is that you can't afford to push hardware with something like that. For example, if you are flying an expensive aerial photography machine you want the utmost reliability, not some tinker toy in a critical component. If the cheap Cyclone controller, or the PV controller fails while riding my trike, well the worst is I'll be sweaty as heck from pedaling the lead sled back home... whereas if the cheap tinker toy fails while your 8000 dollar helicopter is in mid-air, with a 500 dollar gimbal holding a 1500+ dollar DSLR camera attached to a 2000 dollar tele-lens, then you'll certainly regret not buying the Kontronik when you see it taking a plunge from 300 feet... I can attest that tele-lens and DSLRs don't like falling from 300 feet... If you can afford to spend 12000 dollars for the helicopter/camera package, I think you can easily afford a 900 dollar Kosmik controller too...and while my scale heli isn't as expensive as others I've seen at the field, ppl who build turbine helis spend more than 20 grand on those things, (not counting the hours in building it) and when you look inside everything you see is top of the line stuff. Otherwise there would exist the concept of top of the line.
The VESC is probably decent for eSkates and other non mission-critical stuff... just like most of the eBike stuff these days, its all meant to be tinkered with b/c it if tails the worst its usually you having to pedal home (or call for a ride home)
G.
The VESC is probably decent for eSkates and other non mission-critical stuff... just like most of the eBike stuff these days, its all meant to be tinkered with b/c it if tails the worst its usually you having to pedal home (or call for a ride home)
G.
ElectricGod said:The original VESC worked pretty well, but then the newer VESC 6 is taking advantage of lessons learned on the original model so that they are more robust and reliable. When the VESC 6 becomes more readily available, I'll buy at least one to "play" with.
Controllers burning out...anybody that has played with enough hardware and tried to push that hardware sufficiently has burned things out. I've destroyed a couple of controllers and a motor that way myself! I'm not sure I would call that "bad design" as much as I would call it abuse and exceeding the design limits of the device. I readily accept that when I blew up those 2 controllers and the motor that I was most definitely exceeding any reasonable limits for those devices. I bet your friend with the blown VESC, probably caused it's demise.