Originally Posted by
Dragonfire
You simply can't compare settings from one software/ESC to another. How do you know for sure that 50 degrees on a Tekin really IS 50 degrees? Castle Creations state that their 50 is different from Tekin's 50. I have been working on software for another ESC for a little over a month now and our timing is also very different to the Tekin.
The moral of the story is this... Forget what settings the Tekin or any other ESC uses. If you use a different ESC you simply forget everything you know about how to setup other ESC's and start from scratch to learn your new ESC. I have ran against Tekins, LRP (SXX SS), and Hobbywing setups and they all talk different numbers yet go very much the same on the track.
That just seems odd to me, i thought 40 degrees was 40 degrees, no matter where ur from, also seems a bit dangerous, unless companies are using correct timing degrees, how will you know if you've gone too far, ive heard of some hobbywing settings add so much timing on top of the motor timing that halfway down the straight the motor gets sent into reverse and the car fires backwards down the straight, im not sure what amount of timing advance would cause that, my theory is 120 deg is the point because they are 3 phase motors, but without accurate numbers from all the manufacturers in their variable settings, it makes trial and error a potentially expensive proposition, again this isnt a dig, ive heard of cars being sent backwards down the straight, and im suprised all the systems dont seem to show the timing. its not like its an arbritrary scale, like braking strength percentage etc