FLIPSKY FT85BD Customizable ESC

I’m marginally interested in these ESC’s so would like to find out how a real person goes in real situations. Flipsky has improved a lot and they do have the best dolphins.

I think techshits right, they basically copied VESC, or at least it appears that way. So would also expect canbus for the link between the two controllers.

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i agree, flipsky its not the best but at 100$ each it can be a real bargain if they do the job , i will buy them soon and test them

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flipsky has really bad escs, you can get the fluxmotion vesc for 130

I have updated my low-budget SYL-08 mountainboard with the ft85bd and vx4, and the result is unbelievable. It is a real fun ride now.

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Does anyone know a good enclosure for this ESC?

i hope some peoples with 3d printer can create one

i found my answer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzZm1_LSqgY

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Qcad FT85BD STEP.STEP (288.4 KB)
Flipsky dual esc cad model dimensions FT85BD

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW5C88Z2/

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806561215053.html

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g7sXG0Exgl1PfZOSaagEs5keN90ZRxC4?usp=sharing
Reupload backup flipsky non-vesc flipsky ESC tool download. Onedrive is buggy

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I got firmware for traction control. working, abused a little. 15S.

using hoyt puck, moving to vx4 to test.

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Do you have a Metr Pro? I’m Interested if it work wit this ESC. I don’t see a reason it wouldn’t, just wanna be sure before I buy it.

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Given they sell this… and it saying you can use the same unit on FTESC (non-vesc) and VESC with I assume the same UART spec it may be plausable.

https://www.amazon.com/FLIPSKY-TFT-Standard-Function-Waterproof/dp/B0DKBJSZWL

Also I wonder why this has GPS… does the vesc/FTESC use it for its logs? I need to check out their FTESC flipsky esc tool android app…

maybe the TFT screen just logs its own GPS distance automatically and you can compare it to the wheel driven distance.

Flipsky davega/megan? The is so cheap I wanna try it :smiley:

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you were using a VESC V4 based controller, no wonder it was hard to use… garbage hardware

as for vesc tool to me it’s the greatest thing there is… in the world of ESCs

if you can’t adjust everything manually it isn’t worthy of being used IMO

that being said i also use an Android phone and even use the dev settings there to speed up animations and whatnot to my liking… that means i’m a power user

i would never be happy with a too simple wizard and too little options

atleast if something doesn’t run well on VESC you can completely tune it out and mess with stuff. if you have less options, well, you can’t obviously.

nevermind actually being able to do proper updates or fix flaws Flipsky may have missed, as my Flipsky VESCs never read the right voltage etc, cuz they just decided it would work “fine” on the config for a completely different controller

the fact they were that lazy on the VESC platform seriously makes me doubt you’ll ever have any updates, nevermind good ones :joy:

i live in Belgium (they’re supposedly Belgian), and for a 100 phase amp controller i’d rather buy another Makerbase 84100HP esc, those really work well for me and haven’t failed me since installing them 100+ days ago (i had them on the OG battery of my e-scooter, then later on my own battery, which’s BMS is now already 100 days online)

heck they even sell Maytech cr#p, no thanks.

How did you get their tool to work? My security software shuts it down and when I turn that off, it shuts down when I click connect.

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Weird, if you don’t have another computer maybe a virtual machine would work.