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FAKE SKYWALKER 20A ESC FOUND

Posted by Crashpilot1000 on January 19, 2013 at 12:32am

Hi!

Judging from these posts:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1686498&page=27#post23859577 (Scroll to #401)

and

http://fpv-community.de/showthread.php?20672-Hobbywing-Skywalker-20A-Regler-mit-Atmel-MC (German)

The hardware has changed without notice. There seems to be no way to find out what hardware you have unless you peel off the heatshrink and have a look at the chips.

I don't expect these different hardwarerevisions to act exactly the same - like required on a multirotor. So if you can not get a stable flight with your APM (or other FC) please check, if all your esc are exactly the same.

EDIT: They are fake: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23898084&postcount=436

Cheers

Kraut

Rob

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  • Anthony February 7, 2013 at 2:16am

    Can anyone confirm if the standard SimonK tgy.hex file will work for these fake Skywalker ESCs?

  • Crashpilot1000 January 23, 2013 at 1:30am

    The Atmel Skywalker 20A are fake, confirmed by Hobbywing!

    http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23898084&postcoun...

    Greets

    Kraut Rob

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  • Crashpilot1000 January 20, 2013 at 1:54pm

    Haha, i just flashed my skywalker 20A (sil) chip with the new blheli 9.4 fw. 3 of 4 esc work, one is screwed it drops speed randomly. So my apm quad will be grounded for weeks now until new ESC arrive. STAY AWAY FROM BLHELI 9.4 FW - at least with Skywalker 20A ESC it sucks.

    BTW: What is better SimonK or Dji opto esc?

    Cheers

    Kraut Rob

  • Soma January 20, 2013 at 4:25am

    Hey there Rob,

    Thanks for putting this out there as I'd like any info I can find.

    I'm still waiting to hear back from Hobbywing.

    If you hear anything here can you cross post it to RCG please?

    Cheers Mate.

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