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Re: New Talon Speed Controller

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Originally Posted by Nemo View Post
I'm super interested to hear what the electrical nerds have to say about this product. Is there any reason to stay with the Victor over the Talon (cost aside)?

Here's hoping we get some of these in the kit of parts.
So far, we've seen a whole lot of reasons to choose the Talon over the older Victors. The biggest one for us is that the talon is showing linearity as good as the Jag, better control around the zero point (smaller dead band), and a victor-sized footprint.

For an idea of just how bad the linearity is on a the Victor, look here:
http://www.fightingpi.org/Resources/...12_Day_3.shtml

Many teams have fixed that in software - so it can be done, but it's an extra step that is better handled in hardare.

Of course, there's a new Victor coming out as well. It's not exactly fair to compare an old product to the new Talon. Apples to apples will be the new Victor vs. the Talon.

Last edited by Tom Line : 18-10-2012 at 18:27.