Rcjer
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Hey buddy awesome post I just recently picked up a hexfly 8 ESC which like you said is a rebranded Max 8 with a little bit of limited programming. I'm just a regular Basher who likes to jump and do flips and get air I don't race but I like to go fast and jump like I said. Is there anyway you could explain to me what kind of limited programming I'm going to be getting with the hexfly 8 I'm using a 1730kv hobby star 4092 can and I've talked to some awesome YouTubers that bash their kratons and they said this would be a perfect match for the price and what I'd be doing with my kraton.If anyone has any others, please chip in. Anything with nothing next to it means it is completely identical other than exterior features. For the abbreviations I used:
MMM= Mamba Monster Original
MM2= Mamba Monster 2
MMP= Mamba Max Pro
F310C= Castle Mamba Monster series made before 2013
F360C= Castle Mamba Monster series made from 2013 and up, not including the Mamba Monster X.
EVERY CASTLE CREATIONS ESC REBRAND HAS ACCESS TO CASTLE LINK, THOSE WITH LIMITED PROGRAMMING MAY BE LIMITED TO CERTAIN FIRMWARE, LIKE HOW HPI MUST APPROVE CERTAIN FIRMWARE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS BE HACKED AND REFLASHED TO MODERN FIRMWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- Traxxas MXL-6s= Castle MM2 (F360C)
- Traxxas ET-3s= Castle MMP (WITH ONLY 3S LIPO CAPABILITY UNTIL HACKED, THEN YOU CAN USE 6S)
- HPI Blur=Castle MMM (WITH LIMITED PROGRAMMABILITY) (F310/F360C)
- HPI ELC-6s= Castle MM2 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING) (F360C)
- HPI Rage= Hobbywing 8BL-120
- HPI ELH-6s= Hobbywing 8BL-150
- HPI Q-Base= Castle MMP (LIMITED PROGRAMMING, RESTRICTED TO 4S, INTERNAL CAPICITORS MODIFIED, CANNOT TAKE 6S)
- Axial AE= Castle Sidewinder
- Axial AE-2= Castle Sidewinder 2
- Axial AE-3= Castle Sidewinder 3
- Axial AE-4= Castle Sidewinder 8th
- Arrma BLX-200= Hobbywing Max8 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Arrma BLX-185= Hobbywing 8BL-150 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Arrma BLX-100= Hobbywing Max10 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Hexfly HEX 8= Hobbywing Max8 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Hexfly Hex6= Hobbywing Max6 (SOME LIMITED TO 6S MAX, BOTH VERSIONS LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Hexfly Hex10= Hobbywing Max10 SCT (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Dynamite Fuze-150A= Hobbywing 8BL-150 (PROGRAM VIA DYNAMITE CARD)
- Dynamite Fuze 160A= Hobbywing Max6 (PROGRAM LIMITED VIA DYNAMITE CARD, EXTREME HV BEC)
- Dynamite Fuze 130A= Hobbywing SC8 (PROGRAM VIA DYNAMITE CARD)
- Dynamite Fuze 90A= Castle Sidewinder 8th
- Thunder Tiger BLC-150C= Hobbywing EzRun 150a (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Thunder Tiger BLC- 80C= Hobbywing EzRun 80a (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Ace 150a= Hobbywing EzRun 150a (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Reedy SC300-BL= Hobbywing Quicrun 16BL30. (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Reedy SC600-BL= Hobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Reedy SC800-BL= Hobbywing Quicrun WPBL80 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Reedy SC1000-BL= Hobbywing SC8 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Leopard BL5= Hobbywing Max5 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- Leopard BL6= Hobbywing Max6 (Limited PROGRAMMING, ALL BL6 UNITS LIMITED TO 6S LIPO MAX)
- HoBao 89421= Hobbywing Quicrun 8BL-150 (LIMITED PROGRAMMING)
- HoBao 89341= Hobbywing Quicrun 8BL-100
DUE TO HOBBYWING'S PROGRAMMING METHOD, NONE OF THEIR REBRAND ESC'S CAN BE HACKED.
Any other labelings are appreciated. This took awhile, hopefully it’s a point of reference for people. The arrma esc’s also seem to be detuned along with the program limitation but the detune is most likely part of how they changed the programming, therefore will not be mentioned. Arrma, Traxxas and Dynamite are the only ones who actually changed the programming, the others just don’t have access to some minor features.
None of the castle systems have any modified programming, those with limited may not let you download certain firmware versions.