ORIGINAL: iron eagel
Exactly what scooterinvegas says! That is the perfect way to set up a robust system you know isn't going to be prone to failure.
How it works is this: the prop is the load for the motor, the motor is a load to the ESC, the esc the load to the battery, which is your power source.
One other thing to watch out for are these two terms... Continuous and Burst or Peak ratings...
Always base you setup on the continuous ratings of the particular component is the safest way to size you components. While the peak or burst ratings is useful information for what type of short term abuse the system can tolerate, it not something you want to run any electrical setup at for more than a few seconds or risk letting the smoke out.
Right. And there wasn't one engineering term in his post. My point is that no one needs to know about the engineering factors involved in electric powered aircraft. It is interesting but not significantly applicable to trying to learn the basics of setting up an electric powered plane. Many don't have a clue as to what you are saying, and probably don't care.
But, I guess mkruse made my point for me in his post after yours.
Don't get me wrong on this.. we've gone through this several times in the past. Many beginners just don't want to hear all the engineering stuff. All they want the basic answer. And, as I said, if they want to know the more involved information, they will surel ask.
CGr.