Ken, are they just visually the same or are they actually manufactured in the same plant? Do the plush esc's REQUIRE flashing to work properly on the DJI? I really dont want to deal with this BS if I dont have to. My maytechs work great so far. I am inclined to get them again but hearing about the blue's is interesting. I often wonder what the differences are in all the esc's like the brick and Hobbywings fun fly (i think thats the name) from Hobbypartz.
The Maytech and Blue are exactly the same in all regards, as to whether or not they are made in the same plant I would have to say they are designed and manufactured by the same company, everything is identical when you put one next to the other, actual location of manufacture may differ. I have not run the factory version of the Blue but I would expect they work exactly the same as the factory Maytech, I've looked at the manual for the Blue Series and a large portion of it is exactly the same text as the Maytech manual which I have several copies of on hand. Having run stock Maytech, reflashed Maytech and reflashed Blue series, I would not spend the extra $ to buy any more Maytech as long as the Blue series are available. I know from direct experience the Plush do in fact work better with the reflashed firmware, however they do NOT require it unless you plan to use them with a Naza controller, that's the only way I have been able to get them to work reliably with that F/C.
ken,
what's involved in re-flashing the Blue's and what is being changed? is there enough of an improvement to justify the effort and does the re-flash effect reliability at all?
Thanks,
Bart
Same as reflashing any other Atmel based ESC, you need the proper copy of SimonK firmware for that ESC and a device that can do in system programming of Atmel processors. You can read all about the process here,
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1513678 There is a significant and noticeable difference between factory and reflashed. Reflashing the Maytechs allowed me to increase the props size on the Cinestar/WKm from 11 x 5 Graupners to 12 x 6 APC thin electric and still maintain the same or better level of overall stability and it's nowhere near as sensitive to changes in the gain settings now, I have a much larger range of adjustments I can make without inducing wobble on one end or sluggish response on the other.
I use an AVRISP mkII programmer to do the reflashing, once you have the proper cable made for a particular ESC then it literally takes a minute or less to do the reflash, it takes longer to get the shrink wrap off, connect the cable, then reshrink wrap the ESC at the end. So far I have found the reflashed versions to be a lot smoother than the standard firmware, as for ultimate reliability I had an issue with an older version of the firmware that was causing motors to lose timing but that has long since been resolved and they have been completely reliable since then, time will tell if they last any longer or shorter than an unmodified ESC.
Ken
