Originally Posted by
chrisboedy
I completely understand the Beta versioning and there being a potential for bugs. I wasn't trying to bash Castle for that, but reading my post you can see my frustration I guess which could be perceived that way. My main point in the post was to inform others that the issue exists.
Also, I'm not sure where you're seeing this as being communicated as a known issue. I may just be missing it on their site unless it's on a forum sommewhere else? If you know of the location, please share. EDIT: I followed the link you posted and see there was a response from them. Would be nice to have a link from their FAQ. I'll keep a watch there for any updates thanks.
The other lead in to my frustration here is the requirement for the external BEC. I too needed this with the Ballistic motor and my Servo. Maybe it's my hobbyshop I should be directing this to if they are truly known issues and they didn't inform me I'd need to buy additional parts for it to work.
Disclaimer - I'm new to the sport so maybe my assumption for these things to work as they claim is misguided.
I think you have every right to be frustrated, you purchased a product and expected it to work and it doesn't preform without needed additional parts. Not sure why I got mine to work without the external BEC but it does. I did have one go up in smoke a few weeks ago while out at A52 and dropped my spare in and added the BEC to be safe.
You can hunt down the Mamba Max Pro thread in the main off-road forum, you my friend are not the only one who has had issues with the BEC, cogging or software issue it's wide spread and we all have tinkered with the MMP to no end to try and find a solution. In the end we become the beta testers for Castle and IMO they know of the issue and have done really nothing to address it (at this point). MMM V1's had similar issues to the MMP and it took them awhile to get the V2's out to the public.
As much as I hate to say it, spring for the BEC and save yourself some headache.