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This is part of a series of articles put here, written by me to try and
explain electic flight to a newcomer. These articles are taken from the
spad combat
forum
in the electric section.
Basic terminology
Ok. These basic items of equipment are the same for any electric setup,
be it Ni-Cd/Mh, lipo, brushed or brushless.
Batteries, speed control, motor, receiver and servos. This bit is only
slightly different from most normal glow setups.
Battery---Speed control-------Motor
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Receiver---servos
As you can probably tell, the main flight battery supplies power to
everything. The speed control normally has something called a BEC in
it, which converts whatever the main battery voltage is, into five
volts for the receiver to work. This is good because it means
EVERYTHING runs off the same battery. The power is supplied via the
red/black wires that accompany the throttle plug when the speed control
is plugged into the RX.
The speed control is basically your throttle servo - it regulates power
to the motor, taking it's input from the throttle output on the RX. Of
course, you can use a separate flight battery if you want to, by
cutting the red and black wires on the throttle connection, and
plugging in a different battery.
That is a basic leccy set up. Of course, it can get more complicated,
with additional, separate BECs to support more servos, or dual motors,
but mostly it says pretty simple. There, that wasn't so hard now was it?
Disclaimer
I don't claim to be an expert. All of this information is offered on an
"as is" basis. All text here is hereby released under the GNU FREE
DOCUMENTATION LICENSE for anybody to use, copy or alter, commercially
or otherwise, as long as, AND ONLY AS LONG AS THIS TEXT IS PRESERVED.
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