Giant Shark Closed for New Business

Just went to check out a few items & following message came up.

BUSINESS NO LONGER VIABLE DUE TO CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS
SUPPORT STAFF WILL HANDLE OUTSTANDING QUERIES UNTIL 30TH JUNE .

The website no longer shows any products but gives information on outstanding orders etc.

Guess HK have finally killed them off - who next ?

Colin.A.

Damn! I really liked their GensAce LiPos and HobbyWing Platinum ESC..

Looks like a new startup along the lines of Giant Cod /Giant Shark.

This is being run by Graham Back who worked with both companies.


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Well spotted, Ron. I had a look and found that they were selling a battery capacity meter for just £5 and a Simon Series 80A controller for just £18. These are now both in my possession for the princely sum of £3.30 shipping.

The ESC is the one I have been using in the Blue Angel (and Wot Trainer before that). It's one of the nicest performing controllers I've had, no doubt due to the SimonK software. In fact, those of you who have been buying ESCs recently might have noticed that they mostly refer to their quadcopter functions. Don't be put off, they can be used in fixed wing aircraft just as well, and we all then benefit from the lovely smooth throttle response. Some might need to have the super-soft start programmed out, but this is straightforward. The Simon Series controllers appear to come shipped with the fast start-up set as default.

The capacity checker also balances and measures internal resistance, BTW. Definitely a bargain at £5.

Hi Mike,

Could you do a quick test for me, check the voltages of the cellmeter against your iCharger and the same again for the internal resistance, just curious how closely they agree with each other.

A new ESC... just to have in stock or...

Chris001 wrote: . just to have in stock or...

Just building up a stock of parts for the next build.