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Instruction manuCar and Trucdriver


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WARNING: This is an etremely powerfl brshless motor system. We strongly recommend

removing yor pinion gear for yor own safety and the safety of those arond yo before

performing calibration and programming fnctions with this system. Please eep yor hands, hair,

pets, fzzy prple shorts and garden gnomes clear from the gear train and wheels of an armed

high performance system.

Rbber tires will grow to etreme size on a high speed vehicle. DO NOThold the vehicle in the air and rn

it p to fll throttle. Tire failres at speed can case serios injry! Mae sre yor tires are secrely gled

to the rims and chec them often!

Always disconnect the battery from the ESC when yo are finished sing yor vehicle. The switch on the ESC

controls the power that is delivered to the receiver and servos. The controller will always draw crrent

when it is connected to the battery and will completely discharge batteries if they are connected for long

drations. This may case failre of yor batteries.

Yor Castle ESC is programmed to sond a tone every thir ty seconds to remind yo that it is still powered. It

will also sond a warning tone every five seconds when it is powered bt receiving no radio signal.

QuICk START GuIDE

1. Solder a high qality batter

2. Mont the ESC and motor into

3. Plg in the 3 motor wires to

4. Plg in the ESC R lead to CH

5. Mae sre the ESCs switch is

6. Plg in a batt ery.

7. Holding fll throttle on yor

A. After a few seconds yoll

B. Now hold fll brae and af

will come on.

C. Now rela to netral and

will light p.

D. A few seconds later the E


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u sa ge W ar ni ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Q i c S tar t G i de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Intr odc ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Brshless Motor Wiringo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Brshed Motor Wiringo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0

Ra di o C on ne ct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

ESC Se tp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

How To Cal ibra te The ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4

C as tl e L i n Se t- p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7

To u se C as tl e Li n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mana l P rogrammi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0

1 . Brae/Reverse Typeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2 . Brae Amonto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3. Reverse Amonto . . . . . .

4. Pnch/Traction Controo

5. Drag Braeo . . . . . . . . . . .

6. Dead Bando . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. Ctoff Voltageo . . . . . . .

8. Motor Timingo . . . . . . . . . .

9. Motor Typeo . . . . . . . . . . . .

CONTENTS


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EASY TO uSE, SO PHISTICATED ENOuGH TO WIN EVERYTHINGCastle controllers are etremely simple to set p and opt imize for yor application. Most sers

may simply plg the controller into their motor, radio and bat tery and rn it immediate ly.

Advanced sers may wish to access the incredib le tning featres sing their Windows based

PC and the Castle Lin interface (uSB cable sold separately on all controllers, Castle Lin

chip inclded with the Mamba Monster and Mamba Ma Pro). With the Castle Lin software, yo

can tne the ESC eactly with point and clic with ease! Note: Any mini uSB cable will wor with

the Castle Lin yo do not have to by a Castle specific uSB cable.

Please mae sre to read th is manal completely to get the most from yor Castle ESC.

A Word Abot Batteries And Connectors

As with any etremely high powered electric power system, the primary limitations to ltimate

vehicle performance are the batteries and connectors. use the best batteries and connectors

that yo can find. The better

ba tter ies with the lowes

Top-of-the-line cells arent r

will certainly allow yor Cast

Poor qality battery connecto

plastic connectors commonly

many times the power that the

for high powered electric sys

Power Wiring

Yor Castle ESC has motor con

Yo mst add the connector o

rated for 40-100amps, sch as


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Proper polarity is essential here! Mae

absoltely sre positive (+) connects to

positive (+), and negative (-) connects

to negative (-) when yo plg in yor

battery! If reverse polarity is applied

to yor ESC from the battery, it WILL

damage yor ESC. This WILL NOT be

covered nder warranty !

CONNECTIONS

Brshless Motor Wiring

(See Figre 1: Brshless Motor Setp)For brshless motor connection, the

three wires from the ESC to the motor

have no polarity. Connect the

the motor. If yo are sing a m

either solder on matching ma

to the motor wires.

If yo choose to direct solde

Creations CM36 and Monster m

other motor, regardless of b

most motor wires is able to b

solder the remaining portion

motor is spplied with connec

connectors from the wires - d

There is no polarity on the th

them initially. Yo may find it Figre 1: Brshless Motor Setp

BRUSHLESS MOTORWIRING DIAGRAM

Connectcontrollerand motor

usingsupplied

connectors

Connectto throttle

channel

SteeringServoin CH1

Castle ESCin CH2

Receiver

BatteryPack

Use a high qualityconnector only(not included)

On/OffSwitch

Steering

Servo

BrushlessMotor

BrushlessMotor

CASTLE ESC


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will be eplained below.

Brshed Motor WiringReversing Brshed Motor Mode:

(See Figre 2: Reversing Brshed

Motor Setp) use this mode if yo

wish to se reverse. use only the red

and blac motor wires from the ESC. In

most applications, the red wire from

the ESC will connect to the red wire

(or pos it ive + side hood) on yor

motor, and the blac wire to the blac

wire (or negat ive - side hood) ofthe motor. The white motor wire is not

sed. After calibration, (eplained

Figre 2: Reversing Brshed Motor Setp Figre 3: High Power Brs

HIGH POWERBRUSHED MOTOR

WIRING DIAGRAM

Connect tothrottlechannel

SteeringServoin CH1

Castle ESCin CH2

Receiver

BattePack


SteeringServo

C

Black ESCmotor wire

to Motor (-)

White motorwire not used

Red ESCmotor wire

to Motor (+)

REVERSINGBRUSHED MOTORWIRING DIAGRAM

Connect

to throttlechannel

SteeringServoin CH1

Castle ESCin CH2

Receiver

BatteryPack


On/OffSwitch

SteeringServo

CASTLE ESC

Brushed

Motor


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RADIO CONNECTION

Yor Castle ESC plgs into the throttle channel of yor receiver. This is sally channel 2.

Yor Castle ESC provides 5 volts to the receiver to power the receiver and the steering servo.

No separate receiver battery is needed to power the r adio system.

Castle ESC receiver plgs are made to be sed with any receiver, so yo will need to mae sre

the polarity is correct. The signal wire i s orange, the positive wire is red, and the negative

is brown. Some radio systems se white for signal, red for positive and blac for negative

color scheme. Chec yor rece iver docmentation for correct connection polarity if its not

mared. (Most receivers se negative to the otside of the case and signal towards the inside

of the case.)

ESC SETuP

ESC/Radio Calibration

Individal transmitters signal

Castle ESC so that it will ope

powered p with a new transmi

be calibrated to now what

calibrated after pdating wit

I f yo are s ing a F

need to set the tra

REVERSE (Rev ) pos i ttransmitter or an o

the transmitter s th


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Please start by zeroing ot any throttle tr im that yo may have set in yor transmitter.

Don t plg in the ba ttery yet ! Mae sre that the battery polarity and inpt polarity on

the ESC are correct. Chec the on/off switch of the Castle ESC to mae sre that it is in the

OFF position (ON is mared in small letters on one side).

We recommend remov ing yor p in ion gear before ca l ibra t ion as a safety

precat ion !

How to Calibrate the ESC

STE P 1 : Start with the transmitter ON and the ESC switched OFF and not connected to the

battery.

STE P 2 : Plg a battery into yor Castle ESC.

STE P 3 : Hold fll throttle on the transmitter and trn the ESCs switch ON. keep holding fll

throttle on the transmitter. If

initialization ring from the

STE P 4 : After a second or tw

ring 4 times rapidly in a ro

flashes and tones, the ESC wil

been set within the ESC and no

STE P 5 : Move the throttle tr

few seconds, the ESC will fla

endpoint).

STE P 6 : After accepting the

rela the trigger to the net

LED rapidly to accept the ne


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After accepting the netral position, the ESC wi ll ring twice and flash ALL the LEDs. This is

the arming tone and LED indication that the ESC IS NOW ARMED and the car will respond to

throttle i npts from yor transmitter.

From this point on, when yo connect batteries and trn the switch on, the ESC will give the

initialization tone and flash after a battery is plgged in and the switch is trned on, and

the arming tone will ring a second or two later. If the ESC is programmed for the Ato-Lipo

setting, it will beep the nmber of cells in yor Lipo pac be tween the initialization tones and

the arming tones. After the arming tone plays, the ESC is ACTIVE and will respond to throttle

application.

If yo have problems calibrating yor transmitter with the Castle ESC, please see the

trobleshooting gide on page 37 for more tips. Once yo are calibrated and armed, do onelast chec before going ot and eperienci ng the Castle brshless difference. Slowly advance

the throttle and chec the rotation direction of the motor and the color of the LEDs on the

ESC. If the motor is spinning

yo are ready for a test rn

green LED with throttle, bt t

two of the motor wires (eam

and blac to red).

CASTLE LINk S ET-uPYor Mamba Ma is Castle Lin

a uSB cable to connect.

Other Castle prodcts may be

Castle Lin uSB adapter (s

controllers, Castle Lin chiMamba Monster and Mamba Ma


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The Castle Lin software will give yo access

to a whole new world of tning options. Yo

may se Castle Lin to tne yor thrott le crve

and brae crve, set yor drag brae feel, and

se the incredible PuNCH CONTROL to eep the

front end of yor car on the grond with all

the power yo have at yor command. As new

featres become available, yo can install them

in yor Castle ESC for real time pdates! All

of this is free and ensres yor Castle ESC will

be the best that it can be.

TO uSE CASTLE LINkMamba Ma sers will need to prchase a uSB

cable and download the Castle Lin program

from or website. Connect th

cable to yor PC, Connect th

cable to the side of yor Mam

Castle Creations difference.

All other Castle Car ESCs wil

uSB adapter and uSB cable (so

Monster and Mamba Ma Pro i

Connect the ESC to the uSB

cable.

Castle ESCs may also be man

yor transmitter and rece ivernot provide access to all of t

Screen shot of the basicsettings page of theCastle Lin software forthe Mamba Max

The brae and throttleresponse crves are fllymaniplatable


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MANuAL PROGRAMMINGFollow these steps to change sett ings on yor Castle ESC withot a compter.

Remove yor pinion gear before calibration and manal programming as a safety precation!

STE P 1 : Start with the transmitter ON and the ESC switched OFF and not connected to the

battery.

STEP 2: Plg a battery into the ESC. Hold fll throttle on the transmitter and trn the ESC

switch ON. After a few seconds yo will get t he for rings in a row signaling fll throttle

calibration. keep on holding fll throttle. After a few more seconds, yo will hear another

for rings in a row. After the second grop of for rings, rela the throttle to netral. If

yo have sccessflly entered programming mode, the ESC will beep twice, pase, and repeat

the two beeps.

STE P 3 : The programming seq

with the first setting (Rever

beep(s) signifies which sectio

which setting is waiting for a

As yo go seqentially thro

throttle, or answer no by h

rapidly. Once an answer has

qestion. After a no answer

in that section. After a yes

other option in that section,

SETTINGS & ExPLANAThe Castle ESC is etremely f

trc. The following section e


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and what each one does to change the reactions of the ESC i n order to tne it to yor specific

preferences. More settings are available via Castle Lin.

1. Brae/ Reverse Type

Sets whether reverse is enabled or not, and eactly how it can be accessed.

Setting 1: Reverse Locot (Defalt)

This setting allows the se of reverse only after the ESC senses two seconds of netral

throttle. use it for race practice sessions and bashing, bt chec with yor race director to

see if this setting i s allowed for actal racing.

Setting 2: Forward/Brae Only

use this setting for actal sanctioned racing events. Reverse cannot be accessed nder anycircmstances with this setting.

Setting 3: Forward/Brae/

Reverse or forward is access

vehicle is moving).

2. Brae Amont

Sets what percentage of avail

Setting 1: 25% Power

Allows only 25% of available

Setting 2 : 50% Power (Defa

Allows only 50% of available


Allows 75% of available brai


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Allows all available braing power at fll brae.

3. Reverse Amont

Sets how mch power will be applied i n the reverse directi on, if reverse is enabled.


Allows only 25% power in reverse.

Setting 2 : 50% Power (Defalt)

Allows only 50% power in reverse.

Setting 3: 75% PowerAllows only 75% power in reverse.


Allows 100% power in reverse

4. Pnch/Traction Con

This setting controls how fa

time. This smoothes high pow

acceleration is a matter of ba

can deliver in every sitation

This setting is crcial to dr

traction conditions.

The lower the setting, the lessaction, se a very low setti ng

grip srface, raise it p to a


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Dont be afraid to se these settings! It may be fn to watch yor car do bac fli ps, bt sooner

or later yo are going to want to be able to drive it nder some semblance of control.

This is TH Esetting to pt yo bac into control.

Setting 1: High

Very limited acceleration. Good for 2WD vehicles on hard dirt, or for general bashing when

yo want to be gentle on the tr ansmission.

Setting 2: Medim

Medim acceleration limiting. Good for 2WD vehicles on soft dirt, and 4WD vehicles on hard

dirt.

Setting 3: LowLight acceleration limiting. Good for 4WD vehicles on soft dirt.

Setting 4: Lowest

Very light acceleration limiti

asphalt, and 2WD vehicles on a

Setting 5: Disabled (Defal

Acceleration is only limited b

high traction drag racing, or

5. Drag Brae

Sets the amont of drag bra

effect of a netral brshed m

Setting 1 : Drag Brae OFF (Vehicle will coast with almost


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Setting 2: Drag Brae 10%

Low amont of braing effect from the motor at netral thrott le.


More braing effect from the motor at netral thrott le.


Fairly high brai ng effect from the motor at netral throttle.


High braing effect from the motor at netral throt tle.

6. Dead Band (NEW!)Yo may adjst the netral throttle width of the controller with this setting. Smaller

vales mae the controller enter forward or brae/reverse with a smaller movement of yor

throttle trigger for finer co

than others, if yor ESC will n

Setting 1: Large - 0.1500 ms

Setting 2 : Normal - 0.1000 ms

Setting 3: Small - 0.0750 ms

Setting 4: Very Small - 0.0500

Setting 5: Smallest - 0.02 50 m

7. Ctoff Voltage

Sets the voltage at which the

eep the batter y at a safe min

reliably (NiCad/NiMH cells).


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Setting 1: None

Does not ct off or limit the motor de to low voltage. Do not se with any Lithi m Polymer

pacs!

Applications: Any racing or bashing sitation with 6-8 cell NiCad or NiMH pacs.

use this setting ONLY with NiCad or NiMH pacs. With contined driving, the radio system

may eventally cease to deliver plses to the servo and ESC, and the vehicle wi ll not be

nder control.

Yo wi l l irrevers ibl y damage L i th im Polymer pacs with th is sett i ng !

Setting 2: Ato-Lipo (Defalt)This setting atomatically detects the nmber of LiPo cells yo have plgged in. It will

atomatically set the ct-off to 3 volts per cell. It will beep the nmber of cells in yor

Lipo pac between the initia

controller.

Setting 3: 5v

Cts off/limits the motor sp

setting for racing or bashing

Setting 4: 6v

Cts off/limits acceleration w

A MuST uSE setting

irrevers ibl y damage

Setting 5: 9v

Cts off/limits acceleration w


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A MuST uSE setting for 3 cell ( 1 1 . 1v) Lithim Polymer pacs . Yo will

irrevers ibl y damage yor pacs s ing a lower ctoff vol tage !

Setting 6: 12v

Cts off/limits acceleration when t he pac gets down to 12 volts.

A MuST uSE setting for 4 cell ( 14 .8v) Lithim Polymer pacs . Yo will

irrevers ibl y damage yor pacs s ing a lower ctoff vol tage ! use of a 4

cel l L iPo pac is covered nder warranty ONLY on Monster Max ESCs .

8. Motor TimingAdvancing the timing on an electric motor can have varying effects. Lowering the timing

advance will redce the amp draw, increase rntime, redce motor/battery temperatre, and

may slightly redce top speed

decrease rntime, increase m

and pnch.

If yo are after maimm top

timing too far.

For brshed motors, always e

twea it to ma RPM per the

Setting 1: Lowest

A maimm efficiency setting

high kv (low trn) motors to i

S tti 2 N l (D f lt) S tti 1 B hl (D f


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Setting 2 : Normal (Defalt)

The best mi of speed, pnch, and efficienc y for all motors.

Setting 3: Highest

Increases amp draw, redces rntimes, increases motor/battery temperatres, and may

increase top speed/pnch slight ly.

use with care , and mon itor motor and ba ttery temps often ! DO NOT se

any sett ing above norma l wi th 6000kv or h igher motors .

9. Motor Type

This setting sets which type of motor yo will be sing with the Castle ESC. The ESC may be

damaged if this setting does not match the motor type/hoo-p method in the car, and thisdamage is not covered nder warranty.

Setting 1: Brshless (Defa

(See Figre 1: Brshless Mot

connected to all three of the

forward throttle, swap any tw

to get the correct direction.

Setting 2 : Brshed Reversi

(See Figre 2: Reversing B

Setp on page 10) uses the Re

motor wires to connect to the

of the brshed motor. If the

the wrong direction with for

reverse the motor wires for direction.

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Setting 3: Brshed High Power

(See Figre 3: High Power Brshed Motor Setp on page 11) Connect all three of the ESC motor

wires to the negative (-) side of the motor. Yo can either se a Y harness from the ESC

battery inpt positive wire to connect to both the batt ery and the positive side of the motor,

or se a single wire from the positive ESC inpt to the positive battery pole and then contine

to the positive (+) side of the motor.

TROuBLESHOOTINGIf yore still having difficl

here, please contact Castle Cr

net section.

Problem: My Castle ESC

my transmitter.

Soltion: Most calibration iss

sre yo have both yor throt

throttle channel ot to betwe

transmitter to have the throt

Problem: My ESC calibrates for the fll throttle and fll brae positions difficlty providing the powe


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Problem: My ESC calibrates for the fll throttle and fll brae positions

bt won t calibrate to the netral throttle position (yellow LED eeps

flashing).

Soltion: Try moving the throttle trim one way, then the o ther (sally towards the throttle

side is best). If yor transmitter has a 50/50 and 70/30 setting for the throttle, set it for

50/50 and retry calibration. Also, if yo have changed the dead band to a narrower band yo

may want to try going bac to the normal setting.

Problem: My vehicle acts li e it has trbo lag (poor acceleration/pnch

for the first few feet or yards, and then it ics in).

Soltion: Mae sre yore sing high qality batteries and a battery connector capable of

high amp flow (40-100 amps). This behavior is very typical of a battery pac that is having

difficlty providing the powe

use copper bars to connect

resistance.

Problem: My battery pa

- no steering and no th

Soltion: Mae sre the ESCs r

its plgged in with the corr

battery plg, and mae sre t

Loo for more trob

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TECHNICAL SuPPORT


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TECHNICAL SuPPORTYo may contact or world class technical spport department 24/7 via e-mail, or from 9am to

5pm Central time Monday throgh Friday.

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (913) 390-6939

CONTACT & WARRANTY INFOYor Castle ESC is warranted for one (1) year from date of prchase to be free from manfactring

and component defects. This warranty does not cover damages cased to yor motor or

controller from abse. Abse incldes, bt is not limited to, the following: incorrect wiring,

over voltage, overloading, improper gearing, improper motor selection, incorrect controller

settings, insfficient batteri es or connectors. If yo have any qestions, comments, or wishto retrn yor Castle ESC for warranty or non-warranty repair or replacement, please contact

Castle Creations, Inc.

6 Throttle Dead BanCASTLE CAR ESC PROGRAMMING REFERENCE


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1: Brae/Reverse Type

Option 1: Reverse Locot (D)*

Option 2 : Forward/Brae Only

Option 3: Forward/Brae/Reverse

2: Brae Amont

Option 1 : 25%

Option 2 : 50% (D)*

Option 3: 75%

Option 4: 100%

3: Reverse Amont

Option 1: 25%

Option 2: 50% (D)*

Option 3: 75%

Option 4: 100%

4: Pnch Control

Option 1: High

Option 2 : Medim

Option 3: LowOption 4 : Lowest

Option 5 : Disabled (D)*

5: Drag Brae

Option 1 : Disabled (D)*

Option 2: 10%

Option 3: 20%

Option 4: 30%

Option 5: 40%

6. Throttle Dead Ban

Setting 1 : Large - 0.1

Setting 2 : Normal - 0

Setting 3 : Small - 0.0

Setting 4 : Very Smal

Setting 5 : Smallest -

7: Voltage Ctoff

Option 1: None

Option 2 : Ato-Lipo (

Option 3: 5

Option 4 : 6Option 5 : 9

Option 6 : 12

CASTLE CAR ESC PROGRAMMING REFERENCE


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