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BrianG · 11.07.2007, 01:08 PM

There are usually three issues with using airplane ESCs:

1) Many don't have reverse and/or brakes. Not a big deal if using a servo for brakes and don't use reverse anyway.

2) Many are made for aircraft radios. A air radio "neutral" would be a car radio reverse/brake. This can be fixed by using a "pistix" adaptor (or something like that), which translates a car radio throttle signal to emulate that of an air radio.

3) Airplane ESCs don't have the burst amperage rating that a car ESC does. Generally, an airplane pulls more average current, but doesn't peak that much. A car pulls less average current, but can pull lots of burst current (up to 10x average current). Ever notice that the ave and max current ratings of an air ESC is pretty close, while a car ESC's burst current is substantially higher than its "working" current? However, as long as you keep this in mind, you can pick the approriate ESC.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	11.07.2007, 01:08 PM There are usually three issues with using airplane ESCs: 1) Many don't have reverse and/or brakes. Not a big deal if using a servo for brakes and don't use reverse anyway. 2) Many are made for aircraft radios. A air radio "neutral" would be a car radio reverse/brake. This can be fixed by using a "pistix" adaptor (or something like that), which translates a car radio throttle signal to emulate that of an air radio. 3) Airplane ESCs don't have the burst amperage rating that a car ESC does. Generally, an airplane pulls more average current, but doesn't peak that much. A car pulls less average current, but can pull lots of burst current (up to 10x average current). Ever notice that the ave and max current ratings of an air ESC is pretty close, while a car ESC's burst current is substantially higher than its "working" current? However, as long as you keep this in mind, you can pick the approriate ESC.