SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

[tatasal]

Hey guys, I hope the MC3000 main point man, Kreisl, will not object to this:

To make the waiting more bearable, why don't we make this thread livelier by discussing on, and even purely hilariously off, topic? Haha, remember the very long waiting time for the highly-praised Deft X ? We kept "vigil" about it until it finally came into fruition: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?352661-DEFT-X-OMG-Strikes-Back!!!

 

[zhou]

Hello!

too much wait, i cant

 

[Dubois]

Hello! The catalog said spring release, pages ago a user claimed august, Kreisl confirmed september, now it is october? :sigh:

Let me try to keep track of the status on my page, thanks for checking! :tinfoil:

You just need a little patience. Well, a lot of patience, actually.

Oh, and :welcome:

 

[tatasal]

You just need a little patience. Well, a lot of patience, actually.

Oh, and :welcome:

Oh yes, patience is a very nice virtue too... and I'm pretty confident SkyRC is not 'sleeping on the job' with this. Just take a look at this website of theirs: http://www.skyrc.com/ , it's not a small, start-up company for a fact.

 

[psychbeat]

Mmmmmm vegan bacon!!!

 

[Uxorious]

Checked with the official dealer today (in Taobao), they said at least we need to wait until end of October.......

You just need a little patience. Well, a lot of patience, actually.

Oh, and :welcome:

 

[GMUGNIER]

Is anyone here a distributor for SkyRC in North America with a phone number so i can ask a few questions about the brand? I was unable to find any info on the web site??

 

[GMUGNIER]

I guess that means - AH, No?

 

[ediaz]

Looks great even with the option of Storage for Li batterys

 

[kreisl]

GMUGNIER, sorry i couldn't sort out that piece of info either. Most of their products enter the NA market rebranded by US brands (OEM/ODM), and i doubt that i am at liberty to publicize which big American brands… Chances are that there is no dedicated SkyRC brand distributor for sales region USA+CANADA+HAWAII.

Woah. Another week has passed with no info updates. As i heard, things are in the works but some part supplier is behind schedule so production start is getting **layed.

You want me to speak it out loud? - Mass production has not started yet.
There you have it :sick2:

 

[tatasal]

Waiting is absolutey always a big part of the excitement.......as they say, good food takes time

 

[GMUGNIER]

I just briefly read through the entire thread and I was unable to find why the battery bank feature was thrown out. Could anyone shed some light on this for me? I thought being able to use this as a way to charge ther devices was a nice feature

 

[Dubois]

I just briefly read through the entire thread and I was unable to find why the battery bank feature was thrown out. Could anyone shed some light on this for me? I thought being able to use this as a way to charge ther devices was a nice feature

I think the consensus was that the charger would be too big and heavy to be practical as a battery bank. I tend to agree, especially since things like the Xiaomi 10000mAh usb boxes are so small & portable.

 

[GMUGNIER]

Yes i agree it is a large device, But have you considered when you have this charger with you - lets say on a job site with generator only power for a certain amount of time every day in remote locations - this feature would come in very handy to provide power when gen power is out.

 

[_UPz]

Cost was also one of the reasons, as well as precission

 

[kreisl]

The below video was recorded 1.0yr ago:



Design decisions for improvement were a question of compromise. The more features you integrate, the more features it has, nice, okay. Yet we weren't willing to pay the price: the technical downside meant reduced accuracy. In 2015 we accepted the disembowelment as a necessary ubel.

There are 9-14 days of holidays ahead, Mooncake Festival followed by National Day Golden Week. Makes me wonder what the October will really bring us …

 

[Gauss163]

It's a shame that the powerbank functionality was removed. Probably there will soon be comparable alternatives that do offer powerbank functionality (adding such does not necessarily imply compromising other features - that presumably was a fluke of this particular design).

 

[_UPz]

Other companies already have devices with powerbanking function, have a check. If you are ok with the charging-discharging function of those devices, then there is no reason to wait for nothing.

I'll keep waiting.

 

[kreisl]

Probably there will soon be comparable alternatives that do offer powerbank functionality

Yes probablylovecpf

And we will welcome such a development in the industry whole-heartedly! Competition is healthy, and nobody minds if Panasonic (jp), Samsung (kr), Maha (tw), or Junsi (cn) come up with an even better machine. But their copy will also cost more, promised.

 

[Gauss163]

Other companies already have devices with powerbanking function...

Yes, of course. But by "comparable" I meant of comparable functionality (and, hopefully, quality). One could probably crowdsource design a jack-of-all-trades open-source charger that would truly be a dreamcharger. The combined expertise on CPF, BLF and other hobby forums probably far surpasses the expertise in SkyRC or analogous charger manufacturers. This is the way of the future.