Originally Posted by
skypilot
This WOULD be true, if the racer wasn't already buying the motor and battery that he/she thought was the best.
When you spec a no timing class using the speedpassion esc and motor that cost 80 bucks for the set, where's all this expense?
The expense comes up when the competitors are looking to maximize the performance under a fix timing rule set. Each of the rotors, sensor boards, cans and stators are slightly different even in the same brand witch effects performance. Because of the differences each motor to run at peak performance really needed a different timing mapping on the ESC. Before the ESC timing came out competitors was already matching these components for the edge and getting good success out of it. What was discovered after the ESC timing was introduced is that matching the components wasn't as necessary as you could map and gear around the "defects" of the motor and be really competitive as long as you was willing to do your homework and learn your equipment besides copying everyone else's settings.