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Old 09-02-2014, 01:27 PM   #7339
DAEMANO
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Originally Posted by WNDSRFR View Post
This is a pretty website wrapped around yet another scammy 12v $200 ebay style "electric supercharger". It's these devices that Wild Weasel railed against for years because they simply don't work. That's until Rob sent him an early version of his 24v Phantom ESC to test. Rob took the biggest skeptic. A man who had tested scam superchargers (like the one in the link) and amazed him with the Phantom ESC so much that he endorsed Rob's product. http://www.wildweasel.ca/HowTo/Auto/eturboTest.aspx

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Originally Posted by WNDSRFR View Post
Thomas Knight was one of the few early ESC developers (along with Rob) that understood more than 12volts were going to be needed. The article is from back in 2004 and reflected work he had done at the time. I don't know much of the history here. It looks like Thomas Knight ceased development for some reason. Rob continued his own R&D over the years and finally produced the commercial product we enjoy today.
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