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I thought I would take the opportunity to plug a product that I have been very happy with. I have had limited experience with boat speed controllers, but have still had the opportunity to run a handful of turnigy, birdie and swordfish branded products. After receiving two swordfish 220a speed controllers which were basically dead on arrival, I was provided to opportunity to use a RCBB 200a unit.
Unboxing this product, I knew I was on to a good thing. It's physically about 30% larger than the swordwish and T180's. It's a great looking unit with some very neatly setup cap banks and with 8 gauge wires all round. The wires come really long, so you can basically install it into any hull without needing to extend the wires. Simply cut them down to the required lengths.
Out of the box it appears to be very water tight, which may be a good thing for someone who is not to comfortable with water proofing the unit. But like all boat related electronics I still used a little bit of CorrosionX just to make sure she was good to run.
Plugging the unit into the provided programing box, I was delighted to see that you have complete control over the setup. I am use to having adjustable punch, timing and battery configuration but this unit also provides you with options such as setting up the throttle curve. You can program timing by 1 degree increments to achieve your desired level.
Field Test:
My test boat for this review is a carbon fibre genesis running a single motor configuration. The motor is a TP 1600KV 4060 with a 3/16 drive line spinning a 4814 prop.
Results:
Testing the unit against the trusted Turnigy Marine 180a speedie, I was surprised to see how much more power the RCBB provided. I was expecting some better results due to the 20a difference. Running the T180 in my genesis cat, I was able to hit full throttle with speeds maxing out around the 95kmph mark.
Ripping out the T180 and replacing it with the RCBB 200a, I struggled to get past 3/4 throttle and the speeds were sitting at 101kmph. To reach 100% throttle with this speed controller I am going to have to fiddle with the strut position and wait for a day when the lake is glass.
The ESC was not even luke warm after a full battery cycle at 6S 50C.
I thought I would take the opportunity to plug a product that I have been very happy with. I have had limited experience with boat speed controllers, but have still had the opportunity to run a handful of turnigy, birdie and swordfish branded products. After receiving two swordfish 220a speed controllers which were basically dead on arrival, I was provided to opportunity to use a RCBB 200a unit.
Unboxing this product, I knew I was on to a good thing. It's physically about 30% larger than the swordwish and T180's. It's a great looking unit with some very neatly setup cap banks and with 8 gauge wires all round. The wires come really long, so you can basically install it into any hull without needing to extend the wires. Simply cut them down to the required lengths.
Out of the box it appears to be very water tight, which may be a good thing for someone who is not to comfortable with water proofing the unit. But like all boat related electronics I still used a little bit of CorrosionX just to make sure she was good to run.
Plugging the unit into the provided programing box, I was delighted to see that you have complete control over the setup. I am use to having adjustable punch, timing and battery configuration but this unit also provides you with options such as setting up the throttle curve. You can program timing by 1 degree increments to achieve your desired level.
Field Test:
My test boat for this review is a carbon fibre genesis running a single motor configuration. The motor is a TP 1600KV 4060 with a 3/16 drive line spinning a 4814 prop.
Results:
Testing the unit against the trusted Turnigy Marine 180a speedie, I was surprised to see how much more power the RCBB provided. I was expecting some better results due to the 20a difference. Running the T180 in my genesis cat, I was able to hit full throttle with speeds maxing out around the 95kmph mark.
Ripping out the T180 and replacing it with the RCBB 200a, I struggled to get past 3/4 throttle and the speeds were sitting at 101kmph. To reach 100% throttle with this speed controller I am going to have to fiddle with the strut position and wait for a day when the lake is glass.
The ESC was not even luke warm after a full battery cycle at 6S 50C.
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