There’s been discussion on putting the ESC in a mast extension, but what about inside the mast. It looks like the Gong Alletor could possibly fit a one of the more compact VESC 6 versions, like the one from Flipsky (with heat sink and possibly also pin headers removed.
Plan would be:
- Mill/drill/cut away central solid piece of mast deep enough to fit ESC
- Put ESC in place, route cables, and fill up with eposxy. Leave space below ESC to fit connectors and new central alu block to attach fuselage.
Foreseen advantages:
- ESC very close to motor
- Direct watercooling without any fuzz.
- No need to mess around with building ESC compartment with advanced geometry.
Perhaps someone here has a to-scale drawing of the Gong Alletor mast and/or the dimensions of the Flipsky VESC 6 with heat sink removed. Or, if the Flipsky heat sink is glued in-place: hint about a VESC with similar geometry but without sink. I’ve seen pictures of ones like that with 3 caps on a separate PCB, but haven’t been able to locate the brand/retailer.