Behind the Scenes: How speed controllers are made

Mar 02, 2012 4 Comments by

Recently I got to take a tour through the Castle Creations factory in Olathe, KS.  I really enjoyed my visit there and I found that making speed controls was a much bigger production than I had imagined.  In this video Lee Estingoy takes us through the assembly line at the Castle factory to see how speed controls are produced.

 

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4 Responses to “Behind the Scenes: How speed controllers are made”

  1. Reply
    Gavin Willacy says:
    March 5, 2012 at 12:38 PM

    for some reason i just LOVE this… ;) Great to see American Tech at work..

  2. Reply
    Phil says:
    March 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM

    Lovely, Thank You!!!

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    Brian says:
    March 13, 2012 at 7:34 PM

    I think this shows why we “get what we pay for”. Can you imagine that kind of attention to detail in some third world country back ally shop?

  4. Reply
    Roy says:
    March 14, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    Thats why ALL my aircraft have Castle Creations ESCs in them!

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