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Old 05-06-2009, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by gortan
reverse polarity protection on esc is possible, but this feature will kill a little bit of performance. this is a no go for any high performance competition esc.
it may be small, but it will be there...and that will be a turn-off for many users who are looking to extract every bit of performance...

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The manufacturer can introduce diode in series. However each diode will take away 0.7V alongside heat built up. This will degrade overall ESC performance.
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