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Re: victor 885 parts

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
The thermal rise is so fast that there is no effective way to compensate for that electronically. ( it is likely that the temperature rise is fast enough that even heatsinks would not fix the problem.)...
I disagree. Here is a FET* that has internal thermal protection plus current feedback that could be used to implement protection running on the ESC's micro.

Joe J.

*This is just the first FET I found on the IR website as an example. It is not the right FET, but there are many like it that would be suitable for a FIRST ESC.
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