Brushless Tornado - Team Orion Vortex BL ESC
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When it comes to competition Electronic Speed Controls (ESC’s) for 1/10 scale cars, consumers are faced with an ever expanding range of offerings. One of the newest additions is the Team Orion Vortex BL sensored/less 100A speedo. It was introduced some time ago and is available now. Please do not mistake it for the KO Propo based Team Orion Vortex Race Spec ESC we introduced in our 2008 Electric On-Road Worlds coverage. We hope to bring you a review of the Race Spec version at a later date. But back to the Vortex BL 100A. It comes in a neat cardboard box together with a small but comprehensive manual and a small Team Orion sticker sheet.
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Thick
After opening the box you will notice the very thick silicone covered wires for connecting the ESC to the battery and motor. All wires come in black colour except for the positive pole which should avoid any confusion during wiring. Since the solder tabs of the speedo are not marked the motor wires are stamped A, B and C. For additional clarity the endings of the wires are covered with coloured shrink wrap in orange, yellow and blue to help with identification. As usual with competition products no connectors are supplied so you can add your choice of high current connectors like 4mm Corally type gold plugs, Dean’s connectors or similar. Our plan was to use the ESC together with Team Orion’s 3800mAh Race-Spec LiPo battery so we used the battery supplied 4mm male gold connectors. On the motor side of things we direct soldered the wires to the motor tabs which is a bit of a task depending on the tabs as the cable cores have a large diameter of around 3 millimetres.
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The Team Orion speedo is slightly larger in size compared to its main competitors from LRP and Novak with a footprint of 42 x 43 millimetres. That makes it more suitable for electric off-road 2WD and 4WD buggies rather than cramped touring cars. We used our example in a 2WD buggy and had no problem to find a suitable place. When seeking for a place to tape the ESC down you also have to consider the large capacitor which is comparable to the one found on Novak’s GTB offering. With around 150 millimetres, the power wires are of a practical length even for a 2WD buggy or monster truck. You will not have any problems to route them from the middle of the chassis to the back of the car. This is important because replacing the wires is impossible without detaching the speedo casing. As with nearly every modern ESC the wires are direct soldered to the board but in this instance the solder joints are hidden by a heat sink. Not much of a problem if you permanently mount the Vortex in only one car.
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Part of the ESC is a top mounted fan that attaches to the heat sink with four screws. The height of the Vortex BL speed control is 31.5 millimetre with and 22 millimetres without fan. Thankfully the fan is plugged into the speedo with a small connector so you can detach it with no problem. Brushless Tornado - Team Orion Vortex BL ESC
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Settings
The Vortex Sensored/less offers a good amount of set-up possibilities to adjust to your driving style or track conditions. These are:
Battery setting (LiPo, NiMH or no cut-off)
Power curve (5 step – Super smooth to aggressive)
Brake (9 steps – 0% to 80%)
Drag brake (7 steps – 0% to 30%)
Motor timing (8 steps – 0° to 30°)
Dead Band (4 steps – 1% to 4%)
Operation mode (Forward/Reverse or Forward only)
The set-up of the speedo is well explained in the manual. Adjusting the software is a simple task as small charts help to set-up the correct parameters. The only down side is that you can only change one parameter (the power curve for example) at a time. You will have to start from the beginning of the set-up scenario to adjust other parameters like Drag brake etc.
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Track test
To test the Team Orion Vortex ESC we choose to mount it into an X-Factory X-6 buggy. With its large capacitor its not even the skinniest speed controller out there and the X-6 chassis offers loads of space. We ran it with one of Team Orion’s own LiPo batteries – in our case the 3800mAh Race Spec offering. Its Kokam cells offer loads of voltage and run time and during our test period we were never disappointed by its performance.
Back to the Vortex ESC. Initially we ran it plugged in to a 9.5T stock motor in sensorless mode. To our surprise the set-up of the speedo matched 100 percent with our Futaba 4PK radio and R604FS receiver. No set-up of throttle or brake was needed.
In sensorless mode (read: with unplugged sensor cable) the Vortex showed moderate cogging on acceleration. Once the motor starts to spin the Vortex offers good and precise throttle control. With the power profile on value 3 and a timing of 0° (both unchanged out-of-the-box values) the buggy was very drivable and although equipped with LiPo battery not overpowered on the carpet indoor track we tested the speedo on. Our goal now was to find a bit more power so we went the radical way: power profile on value 5 (called X-Power) and a timing of 30° (which is no problem with the Speed Passion 9.5T motor). We also plugged in the sensor cable to make sure the motor revved up as smooth as possible. The characteristic of our ride changed instantly. The X-6 took off like a bat out of hell with minimal to no cogging, acceleration felt a lot stronger (we assumed is now uses a positive exponential throttle curve) and even the top speed felt faster although we did not test it with a radar gun. The only other thing we changed now was the operation mode from Forward/Reverse to forward only.
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Equipped with the detachable fan the Vortex run always on the colder side with a temperature of around 40 to 45 degrees after a 7 minutes run. This offers lots of potential for hotter motors down to 5.5T or even 4.5T with attached fan. After this initial test we plan to give the Team Orion Vortex ESC a full blast on next weekend electric off-road indoor race in Quakenbrück/Germany. We will keep you posted on the results!
Specifications
Team Orion Vortex BL Sensored/less High Performance 100A ESC
Item number: ORI65003
Type: forward/brake and forward/brake/reverse function
Supports: brushless and brushed motors
Motor limit: unknown (down to 4.5T we guess from the specs)
Voltage input: 4 to 8 NiMH cells or 2 to 3 LiPo cells
Maximum current: 540A peak/100A constant
BEC: 5V/2A
Parameters: 7 (fully adjustable)
Size: 43×42x32mm (with cooling fan)
Weight: 100gr (with wires)
Parts included in Set: Speedo
sticker sheet
Price: around 129,00 Euros
Optional parts: ORI65020 Vortex Controller Digital Setting box (DSB)
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The speedo was kindly supplied by Kyosho Deutschland.
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？ 全是大术语看的累死了郁闷我还是用翻译软件看吧 Voltage input: 4 to 8 NiMH cells or 2 to 3 LiPo cells
Maximum current: 540A peak/100A constant
貌似很无敌的样子.....:em07: :em07: 规格
队猎户座旋涡基本法Sensored /少高性能100号A ESC键
拍卖编号： ORI65003
类型：前进/刹车和前瞻性/刹车/后退功能
支持：无刷和有刷马达
汽车限制：未知（下降到4.5T我们猜测从规格）
电压输入： 4日至8镍氢电池或2至3脂细胞
最大电流： 540A peak/100A常数
剑桥商务英语： 587
参数： 7 （完全可调）
大小： 43 × 42x32mm （带冷却风扇）
重量： 100gr （同线）
部分包括在集：速比
贴纸表
价格：约129,00欧元
可选部分： ORI65020涡控制器的数字设置框中（争端解决机构）
大致后面的翻译 约129,00欧元...129欧元？？好像挺贵的。。
不过风扇上的图标很帅··:em07: ko YY了这么久 就出了这么个玩意而已啊？
感觉是低端产品... 43mm×42mm，面积够大的！
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