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12.04.2007, 07:35 PM

You can make a BEC out of them, but not a UBEC. UBECs are switching regulators, the 7805 regulators are linear. That means that they burn off the voltage difference between your battery's voltage and the 5v the 7805 puts out. This will result in a decrease in runtime, compared to a normal UBEC.


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