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Originally Posted by learnerdriver
non turbo setting on modern speedos, you get a blinky light to show you are in non turbo mode is my understanding
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Chris is absolutely correct.
Blinky is a nickname that has started to surface (mostly in the UK i think?) which denotes the blinking led on certain ESCs which continually flash when they are set into a non timing mode.
ROAR (the North American RC racers governing body) were one of, if not the first to officially introduce this. I belive they called in "sportsman" and they have a homologated list of approved ESC that can be used. more info in the links below
http://www.roarracing.com/?p=655
http://www.roarracing.com/?page_id=737
As I understand it, the BRCA 12th scale committee has decided to officially introduce a class involving these ESC in one of their classes for the 11/12 season (as the 12th season runs through the winter) and so within the next few months, the BRCA electric board will produce either a list or a set of guidelines/specifications for "blinky" ESCs. When this list becomes available, it should serve as the basis on which non turbo ESCs will be ok to use. Of course, there will be others that we should allow on a club level (like older models which won't get homologated but are known to be OK) but that is for future discussion.
Another can of worms is what do we do about sensorless systems? Naturally they can't boost timing so should be ok?