brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions.

[Ryu James]

ok, so here is the email i just got from castle. it appears it am just an inexperienced idiot. i knew it had to be something i was overlooking. what i dont get is why it didnt say this in the instructions. i guess becuase any boat guy, which is who this esc is for, would have known this without having to to be told.

quote from castle:

Ryan,

The ESC is opto coupled. It does not have a BEC to power the receiver. You must power the receiver and the ESC with a separate receiver battery plugged into the receiver.


end quote.


ok, so it sounds like i need a bec and a separate rx pack. lovely. at least its gonna run today. woohoo. fingers crossed. so, i want to make sure i get this right. i have only used a bec one time and it was a looong time ago. can some of you experts guide me through how to set this up. i have that little blue castle bec that was like $20. is that gonna work?

[florianz]

ooops...

well, w/out bec it won't work...

be careful with the ubec/external bec, it has to work for 10s. it also should provide enough amps for the big servos.

eg, the turnigy ubec/bec are quite good.