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11.16.2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pdelcast View Post
The official answer is no.

The Sidewinder was not designed for running above 3S. Some percentage of Sidewinders will NOT work at all on 4S. The BEC has a maximum voltage of 16.0V, 4S is maximum around 16.8V. Some percentage of the BEC chips detect an "overvoltage" condition, and shut the BEC output off.

i was planning on using an external BEC. can 4s be done WITH an external BEC?


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