Castle Creations Talon 60

Castle Creations Talon 60 is a very capable and modern 60A ESC with the integrated 20A BEC. It’s meant to be used with small scale or aerobatic helicopters ranging from 360 to 450 size. Up to this date, equipped with the most powerful BEC in its class, can easily meet power demands of today’s digital servos installed in helicopters.

Compact design and slim profile makes the Talon 60 a great choice also for scale, sport and aerobatic airplanesin the .32 – .60 range requiring up to 1400 watts on 6S.  It’s installation and programming is extremely simple and stress-free in any set-up.

Castle Link USB Programming Kit

For the ESC programming its advisable to use the optional Castle Link USB programming kit that comes with the free Castle Software. Programming through the graphical interface is very straight forward and self-explanatory.

Castle Link Welcome Screen

Throttle tab or we can address it as a Main tab, is where you set most of the variables.

Throttle Settings Tab

One of the really nice features is that after entering the right gearing information you can simply write the desired head RPMs in to the brackets and the built in governor will accurately maintain those. Setting up the remote is very easy as well, with flat throttle curves at 30%,70% and 100% and that will reflect desired RPMs. There is also a checkbox for Bailout feature (Auto-Rotation Enable) and that will be described in detail in a separate article.

Gearing Information Tab

For BEC one can choose between 6V or 8V for high-speed high-voltage servos. Also we can’t forget to mention the various option for Cutoff feature. RPM Reduction with user defined Voltage level is very much recommended for the helicopter setups. But keep in mind if you set the threshold level to high you might get constant current limiting shortly after being airborne since the battery voltage drops further when it’s under the load.

RPM Reduction Battery Voltage threshold level.

Last but not least Castle Creations Talon 60 supports Telemetry as well. With this optional accessory Castle Telemetry Link for Spektrum X-Bus (there is also an option for Futaba S-Bus) plugged between the ESC and receiver, one can get many parameters send directly to the remote in a real time. For the Talon 60 ESC that includes Battery Voltage, Motor Power Output, RPM, BEC Voltage, Controller Temperature and Battery Ripple.

Castle Creations Talon 60. Keep it in mind for your next build!

Castle Creations Telemetry Link X-Bus