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Old 07-21-2007, 07:21 AM
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Default RE: E Flite Eratix 3D 25e ARF Owners Club

Looks like $149.95, which is right in line with what the Diamante 25E costs. When you think about it, the eratix is only $50 more than a Mini Pulse. So far, it's not so bad.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=EFL4075

Forget about the Power 25. We need lots of gut busting torque for this baby, so the Power 32 is that way to go. $89.95, which is only $5 more than the Power 25, and $25 more than the 480 we use in the Mini Pulse.



http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...odID=EFLM4032A

Right now, we are only about $75 more expensive than a Mini Pulse, so it's not so bad. I am sort of afraid what the speed controller is going to cost, however.....



http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=EFLA1060

Hey, even that isn't so bad. That's 79.95 compareed to $54.95 for the 40amp E flite ESDC we are using in the Mini Pulse and Mini Ultra Sticks with the 480. I'm still doing research, but I believe this ESC has a BEC that can handle up to 4S operation. This will save about $20 that we would otherwise have to spend for a separate BEC. On this link it says 3S operation, but I remember reading somewhere that this ESC would handle 4S operation without a separate BEC.

We've been running the Power 32 on 4S in the Ultra Stick 25E without a separate BEC, mostly because we didn't know any better. So far we haven't had any trouble, but all my Power 32 planes are grounded until I figure out how to handle the BEC issue. Hopefully this ESC will solve that issue. I really don't want to add a separate BEC because it's just more complexity, but I don't want my ESC frying and crashing the plane either.