Specifications

• Kontronik Jazz 55-6-18

For the Logo 10, the following work:

• Schulze Future 18.46K

• Kontronik Jazz 55-6-18

Do not use the SMILE 40-6-18 in the Logo 10 - it tends to burn out!!!

The Hacker Masters seem to burn out in the Logo 10 as well due to ESD problems.

The JETI Micoprocessor (red label series) is not suitable for helis because the throttle control

is not smooth and is rather "steppy". The Advance (blue label series) is supposedly better, but

nobody I know has tried this.

Some ESCs have an optocoupler (usually called OPTO) instead of a BEC. The optocoupler

electrically isolates the ESC from the control signal which reduces the possibility of interfer-

ence from the external BEC.

The Kontronik ESCs have a good soft start and governor mode for use on helicopters.

However, they do not have thermal overload protection.

The Schulze ESCs also have a good soft start and governor mode, and they do have thermal

overload protection.

The Castle Creations Phoenix works fine in the Piccolos and the Corona but does not work

well in the ECO 8/Logo 10 and larger helis. The current version of the firmware has a problem

in three areas:

• The soft start doesn't work properly. It may kick your heli around 180 degrees and/or tip

your heli over.

• The governor mode doesn't work properly with a heading hold gyro. The RPMs will go up

and down even when hovering, which makes the tail wag back and forth.

• The controller seems to have less glitch filtering than other ESCs. When the Phoenix is

used in a heli, it requires a receiver which has a fail-safe mode or glitch filtering, such as a

PCM receiver or a Berg DSP receiver.

Therefore, the Phoenix is not suitable for larger helicopters until these firmware bugs are fixed.

If you are mounting the Phoenix ESC with double-stick tape, be sure to put the tape on the

BEC side and not the FET side. The FET side generates the most heat, so it needs to be ex-

posed to free air.

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