Castle Creations Pheonix Ice 100

[BakedMopar]

Anybody use these in their boat. Pro and Cons please.



Thnaks,
George

[Ub Hauled]

If you can wait to buy, there is a Hydra version of the ICE coming out sometime in the future.
I have not used one of the Regular ICE ESCs but I know people who have and they are excellent (as per them).

[RCprince]

It looks like a killer, I held one in my hands and I didn't want to let it go, can't wait for water-cooling.

[BakedMopar]

I thought I read something about a hydra version. I just hope the price don't go sky rocket. That would be the deciding factor.

[Steven Vaccaro]

I've been playing with one. It needs a pistix. But has lots of cool options and logging features.

[sailr]

There is no logical reason why adding cooling to the ICE should raise the price more than $20-30.

[Ub Hauled]

More then anything I want a pistol compatible one, the cooling would be very cool...
I think they can buffer the cost somehow, it would be nice if they could just drill the
existing cooling and stick a tube in there, that should not add anything to the price tag.

[AndyKunz]

More then anything I want a pistol compatible one, the cooling would be very cool...

That's what the PiStix is for.

The ICE controls are real popular here. You can use them to verify exactly what the model needs (thanks to the data logging) and then use an appropriate, less-expensive control.

Andy

[Ub Hauled]

That's what the PiStix is for.

I know Andy, I own one.
The little contraption is great, I use it with a Phoenix 110HV
but I like having less things to break down in a system,
I' prefer running w/o a PiStix if possible.

[Steven Vaccaro]

I would "ASSume" that if there was not a hydra ice prototype at the Chicago Hobby Show, there wont be one for a while. Anyone go by the castle booth?

[BakedMopar]

I was going to try one beacuse of it's logging features and product support. It around the same price compared to a knock off and a seperate logger. I know it wouldn't be much for castle to add on cooling, but sometimes when things become a specialty item prices go up.

[Rumdog]

has anyone ranit in a boat without cooling? it was made to run in confined spaces, hence the name

[BakedMopar]

Okay I have purchased one of these and have been testing it out. I am running it in a SuperVee27 with a Feigao 12L, X637 prop, 4s 5000 20C Lipos. I have been having problems with it cutting out at WOT. I have played with different settings ( timing, current limiter, PWM) and I still can't figure it out. I even tried a different receiver and Pistix to eliminate tose factors. Here is a couple of log files. I don't actually know how to comprehend some of the information like voltage ripple. First one is on 4s1p and the second one is 6s1p.

George

[sailr]

The first chart looks like the min. voltage goes slightly below the cutoff voltage. Where do you have that set? That would cause it to cut out for sure. Something is really sucking the battery down HARD. The second chart, for 6S gets close again.

Okay I have purchased one of these and have been testing it out. I am running it in a SuperVee27 with a Feigao 12L, X637 prop, 4s 5000 20C Lipos. I have been having problems with it cutting out at WOT. I have played with different settings ( timing, current limiter, PWM) and I still can't figure it out. I even tried a different receiver and Pistix to eliminate tose factors. Here is a couple of log files. I don't actually know how to comprehend some of the information like voltage ripple. First one is on 4s1p and the second one is 6s1p.

George

[BakedMopar]

Lipo cutoffs are set at 3.0v per cell. Here is another one. This one ran the best with only a few cuts. If you look closely the it falls off even with the throttle on and voltage still decent.