Hey how is your ESC coming along?
Take it from those with experience. They will vibrate loose if you are only using solder, unless the fit with the case is very precise.
There have already been similar designs where capacitors are essentially only supported by solder and not a combination of solder and PCB running across the cap + glue. Designs without additional support suffer from caps vibrating loose over time.
Not saying this to bash your product, hope youâll reconsider the design. Reliability is important, our lives depend on part on the electronics we use.
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I donât remember a single story in which soldered caps came loose. Got a link to a topic?
There you go. Follow the crumbs. Besides current vesc6 based escs, it also happens with the Chinese eBay esc. Stewii fixed it with hit glue, personally a bigger fan of how the focbox solves the issue. The caps are supported by the PCB.
If its just the caps that could possibly come loose Iâll get the cheap vesc and do the hot glue myself.
What about Vanda Electronics? or any other? isntâ there a Chinese manufacturer (cheap) thatâs doing the upgrades from the 4.12? I donât know what they are but a couple doubled caps and stuff and supposedly more reliable in foc. Are companies cheaping out? I thought through the last years with trial and error it was realized how to make the 4.12 reliable. Arenât any companies doing it?
this flysky vesc looks nice. I mean I like the plug (wouldnt know what else to look for). @JohnnyMeduse you work for another place and are maybe biased but it seems everyone who knows about these things work for enertion but what do you think of the state of vescs out of china these days? anything look promising?
I havenât done much testing to make sure but it seems the focbox makes the motors run quieter than a set of older 4.12 vescs. does that make sense?
Of course, easy fix. There will be plenty of people who will purchase this and be unaware of the issue. Imagine what could happen to them if their vesc starts malfunctioning during a ride.
SK3 6354 260kv motor(hobbyking) / gullwing sidewinder 10inch truck / motor mount parts - contact @LunarKim in korea. (Iâm nothing with him, only a buyer)/ The wheels shown in the picture are a 97mm Chinese-made wheels, they are not so good, but cheap. Now I use 107mm ABEC fly wheels, Very good. / 6s5p LG - HG2 18650 battery / VESC setting : motor 50A -50A, battery 40A - 10A /
Where can we pre-order these?
From me, can order Esc6 without alumnium case now, but with case after 20 May.
Esc6 without alumnium case, whats the money number ?
I think these are the specs on that MOSFET: https://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/NTMFS5C628NL-D.PDF
Someone explain this in layman terms 
If I read that data sheet correctly, it means FETâs are rates for 150A at 25C and 120A at 100C. But they also dissipate 110 W power at 150A, as far as I know thats a lot of heat and needs a beefy heatsink, maybe even a fan. But I doubt anyone would need 150A from a single VESC. At 100A power dissipated in only 50W which is not that bad. So a good heatsink paired with this ESC should be able do 100A continuous.
Website says 180$ - quite high for an unproven design from a Chinese seller IMO.
Well I had a long discussion with Barbie Zhang from FlipSky last night and have some interesting news to share.
First Iâll post the pictures she sent. These are of their VESC 6 in a model plastic case, which will be a waterproof aluminum one when released, and they should have pictures of that by May 20th.
This last pic is what looks like a rendering of what the aluminum one will be.
Iâm a bit confused about the dimensions of the case. I was told it is 100mm x 92mm, which given the size the ESC that seems rather large in comparison. Regardless, thatâs the info thus far.
I sure hope someone whoâs good at testing these is able to get a hold of one so we can know if theyâre reliable or not. They said theyâve been running beta testing since the beginning of April. These tests include: continuous current, continuous peak, current peak, temperature rise, etc⌠Well thatâs all the news I have regarding this, hope it helps! 
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Is that a Micro or Mini USB port? Wonder how theyâre planning on labeling the ports when theyâre mussed together like that
Yeah Iâm a bit confused too. Also with the power button being on the case, I want to know if we can move that or will the enclosure need to be opened to turn it on⌠I guess one could leave then in the on position and have a on /off switch further up the line like normal power buttons.
I am bigger in question is how you get motor sensor, can, ppm, uart out of this âwaterproofâ case 
looks to be micro