Cheap(er) Rhino Clone 80A ESC Review

Hi guys,
I've been keeping an eye on the 80A Rhino crawler ESC for a while and the price was just a bit to high for me to justify. This clone(?) is way cheaper and I got the combo with the ESC, programming link and outrunner motor for $88 Canadian (cheap). Long story short, it's good. The downside is that programming in the field is a bit of a hassle (need a PC, possibly just a phone, I haven't looked into that). This is a very versatile ESC that will give you the best performance possible out of a variety of motors. Beware, you need the programming link to set the KVs and poles for the motor you want to use, so budget for that. Finally, if you want max slow crawling performance and/or don't like farting around with settings, the Hobbywing Fusion SE line is probably the better way to go for very similar money.
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Do you drive to wrench or do you wrench to drive?

[@SlavaRC]

Very interesting information, thanks bro!)❤🎉😊

[@kolasaRC]

drive to wrench in turn have to wrench to drive. good job on the video, it made me sub. From Alberta❤❤❤❤

[@OGRadGrow]

Awesome review 👍🏾💯

[@DominatorIsrael]

It is alot cheaper! Ill send links later

[@1BARBAS]

Bro does it come with rhino firmeware?

[@drivetowrench2709]

I don't know. They both look like stock AM32 as far as the GUI (check out the project to see the GUI you get with the code). I couldn't find a published project specifically for either ESC but I didn't look that hard. Hopefully they embrace in to the notion of community developement if they sell enough of these things

[@MikeJones_Official]

Rhino has a different ui but this uses AM32 open-source firmware. Basically the exact same programming as Holms Hobbies crawlmaster v3 and anything else that uses Am32

[@napstersgear3696]

No it doesn't. I bricked mine after flashing Rhino's 80A ESC firmware on it thinking that it is the same firmware seeing that it is a clone of the Rhino. But it is also AM32 so I guess the parameters are the similar. I am still on the hunt for the firmware of this ESC so I revive mine.

[@drivetowrench2709]

@@napstersgear3696 At minimum, always make sure the processor is the same before you flash the firmware and if you can't ID the processor, I would never recommend flashing. The screenshots I've seen show the exact same version number of BL32 for the Rhino which (to me) means no reason to flash it unless you change the code in some way for better performance. When I same the same version, that does not mean the processor on this ESC isn't a different version or a different processor entirely. When you build firmware you specify the processor and potentially things like pin assignments and if you get anything wrong the board will not function or become bricked or go up in smoke. It's important to make sure you figure out the details if you're going to flash a board. Hope this helps.