EDIT het gaat nu om alle esc's van de ICE HV, Mamba XL en Hydra ICE HV
zie ook [140408] castle-creations-recall-2
Advisory applies to: PHOENIX ICE HV 120
Testing with a pro heli pilot late last week allowed Castle engineers to determine that the performance specifications of certain electronic components used in the Phoenix Ice HV 120 ESCs may have changed between production runs. ESCs built using the out-of-specification components are more susceptible to failure when used with some combinations of motor and battery; and then only in certain applications. Fewer than 3% of the Phoenix Ice HV 120s produced to date have been returned for service of any kind.
Our engineering staff has been working with one of our component suppliers to design and manufacture a custom component that is much more tolerant of the loads encountered with today's batteries and motors. Phoenix Ice HV 120 controllers modified to use samples of those new components performed flawlessly in extreme applications where the Ice HV 120s built with the current component failed repeatedly. We are confident that this modification will make the Ice HV 120 controller a much more durable ESC – one worthy of the Castle name.
Customers with Phoenix Ice HV 120 controllers are asked to return them to Castle for this free modification.
We are currently working to determine the availability of the new components in production quantities. We are hopeful that we can have them supplied to us sometime in the week of July 18, 2011.
We will be able to make a more definite estimate of the turn-around time for these modifications and offer you specific instructions for the return procedure once we secure these components.
All of us at Castle sincerely appreciate your business and loyalty. We hope that these measures will help maintain your trust in our team and in our products.
Team Castle
Castle Creations - Service Advisory
OPMERKING
Op verschillende forums zijn ze nogal critisch over deze service bulletin. En de verdere info die er is vrijgegeven. Dus of dit echt de oplossing is voor de problemen is nog maar de vraag.
Daarnaast zeggen ze dat maar 3% van de controllers terug kwam met problemen. Vraag hierbij is hoeveel procent van de 10000 geproduceerde eenheden in helis zat en dus hoeveel % van de controllers die in helis gebruikt werd ging in vlammen op.
zie ook [140408] castle-creations-recall-2
Advisory applies to: PHOENIX ICE HV 120
Testing with a pro heli pilot late last week allowed Castle engineers to determine that the performance specifications of certain electronic components used in the Phoenix Ice HV 120 ESCs may have changed between production runs. ESCs built using the out-of-specification components are more susceptible to failure when used with some combinations of motor and battery; and then only in certain applications. Fewer than 3% of the Phoenix Ice HV 120s produced to date have been returned for service of any kind.
Our engineering staff has been working with one of our component suppliers to design and manufacture a custom component that is much more tolerant of the loads encountered with today's batteries and motors. Phoenix Ice HV 120 controllers modified to use samples of those new components performed flawlessly in extreme applications where the Ice HV 120s built with the current component failed repeatedly. We are confident that this modification will make the Ice HV 120 controller a much more durable ESC – one worthy of the Castle name.
Customers with Phoenix Ice HV 120 controllers are asked to return them to Castle for this free modification.
We are currently working to determine the availability of the new components in production quantities. We are hopeful that we can have them supplied to us sometime in the week of July 18, 2011.
We will be able to make a more definite estimate of the turn-around time for these modifications and offer you specific instructions for the return procedure once we secure these components.
All of us at Castle sincerely appreciate your business and loyalty. We hope that these measures will help maintain your trust in our team and in our products.
Team Castle
Castle Creations - Service Advisory
OPMERKING
Op verschillende forums zijn ze nogal critisch over deze service bulletin. En de verdere info die er is vrijgegeven. Dus of dit echt de oplossing is voor de problemen is nog maar de vraag.
Daarnaast zeggen ze dat maar 3% van de controllers terug kwam met problemen. Vraag hierbij is hoeveel procent van de 10000 geproduceerde eenheden in helis zat en dus hoeveel % van de controllers die in helis gebruikt werd ging in vlammen op.
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