Hi Bryan,

Yes, that's a good deal indeed!

The manufacturer CTI states a maximum of 22 cells, as fresh from the charger the good NiMH's will have over 1,35V per cell.
That's staying on the safe side, when the initial peak is run off this ESC will handle 24 cells, as German boaters have tested.

BEC is usable up to 16 cells, more cells will cause the BEC circuit to heat up the heatsink as it has to convert the surplus over 5V into heat.

We run this ESC in out 12-14 cell boats and have no heat issues, I have one running stock and one that's watercooled, I can hardly tell the difference after a 7-8 minute run, but cooling is always better.

The service from CTI is excellent, due to spread in the quality of the Fets used, occasionally a MIMIR will quit, due to a bad Fet, I've mailed them and returned the ESC and got a new one, no questions asked.

Steven Vaccaro has tried to make a deal with CTI, as far as I know it hasn't been concluded yet.

I'll look into the shipping costs, shouldn't be too much, as the ESC weighs only 40 grams. A stamp should suffice.
Problem will be how to get these relative small amounts across the Atlantic without huge additional costs, if I was to send you one.

I added a pic of my watercooled MIMIR.

Regards, Jan.

[EDIT] Shipping: Envelope 1,22 Euro (would fit easily), Package (better wrapped), 3,70 Euro.