R/C Naval Combat

I've looked really closely at the Trossenrobotics site.  The 9A BaneBot controller looks interesting but I'd like to know more. It looks like it needs to be waterproofed in such a way that the LED's are still visible.  I'm also curious as to how well is actually works in one of our ships.  I'm thinking of putting it in a destroyer with two 380's and little space.  Have you triggered the shutdown mode in battle and how well does it recover from that?

Thanks!

Posted By Knight4hire on 15 Jun 2009 02:44 PM
I have yet to sink my boat with Trossenrobotics controller in it. But another member of our club also purchased a Trossenrobotics mototr controller, and has sunk their boat several times not with no ill effects.

We did cut the shrink wrap off and hit the board with scotchkote.

The folks at Trossenrobotics told me that if we make enough of a demand for this product that they would be interestred in making a water proof version of it!

Do you use the 9amp Trossenrobotics as well?  I am just curious if it could be put in a dry box like micro switches.  Or is it more like a ESC which many say should not go in the dry box for due to potential for overheating.

Posted By Knight4hire on 17 Jun 2009 08:22 AM
I plan to put that one in my Tirpritz when the time comes.
One of the other folks in my group is planning on using it.

My main question is can they be put in a dry box unlike ESCs?  When it comes to ESC's nearly every mention of them seem to be not in the dry box due to heat issues.