This is the Sidewinder 5700 Brushless Car Package (5700kV) from Castle
Creations! Finally, affordable brushless power for the people! Castle’s
new Sidewinder brushless ESC series slashes the brushless price barrier
while it blasts across the track in all 1/10th scale applications.
Sidewinder is a great first high-performance package; it will provide
more power and grins than most guys (and cars) can handle!
Castle’s
engineers have achieved breakthroughs in circuit board thermal design
and have combined those advances with cutting edge electronic
components to bring unmatched power and reliability to sport 1/10th
scale vehicle drivers. Castle’s leadership in this field allows us to
drive the component pricing to unprecedented levels which means that we
can pass the savings on to our drivers. Brushless power and reliability
have never been available at these price levels!
The Sidewinder
ESC is ready to run out of the box, but it is completely Castle Link™
compatible too – drivers can use their Castle Link and Windows PC to
tune and tweak all their favorite settings such as brake and throttle
curves, throttle response, drag brake and many other parameters that
add up to an incredible RC driving experience.
Use all the power
handling and custom tweaking of the Sidewinder with your brushed motors
too. That’s right, Sidewinder is easily configured to run conventional
brushed motors for those who may need to run brushed to compete in some
racing classes. One controller can provide the solution you need!
Sidewinder
is available with our 4600kV and our 5700kV motors. Drivers can mix and
match gearing and the number of cells that they are using to create a
power system that can be mild or a raging wild thing with either motor.
Both motors will make the cars go insanely fast; the 4600 will
generally result in a more driveable car with finesse on throttle; the
5700 is more like a big block in a 60’s muscle car.
The 5700Kv motor is our choice for the best all-around 10th scale buggy and truck motor. From fast on the track, to insane bashing speed runs, the 5700Kv delivers! On 6 cell NiMH or 2s Lipo packs, the 5700Kv motor has been clocked at 40mph in standard 10th scale buggies and trucks with standard gearing. The 5700Kv motor is roughly equivalent in top speed to a very good 9t or 10t brushed motor on 6 cells.
Note: This Combo Is Only For Use With 2S Li-Poly, Or 5-8 Cell NiMH Batteries.
This product was added to our catalog on February 29, 2008
Although I found it hard to program it using my transmitter. The beeps and light sequence seemed very confusing!
I managed to get it going and the motor was very smooth on the main straight... although it was cogging when ever I entered a slow corner.
I'm hoping to fix this problem by purchasing the Castle Link, I'm hoping to refine the programming.
Overall I feel a bit let down by Castle. I regret purchasing this product, should have bought a sensored BS system.