ORIGINAL: rcpattern
I built the Vanquish at the beginning of this thread with the silver bullet. The ESC wasn't available at that monent, so I used the Castle. The Torque works fine. The HiMax has more power for virtualky the same cost. The Torque does work and I am sure the Airboss ESC does as well. You can use cheap 10s packs (dual 5s) and it will work fine. If you read the beginning, you will see that I intentionally didn't use the latest and greatest stuff. I used good, but economical stuff. As I did in the thread, I would definitely use a separate receiver battery. When you invest this much in a plane, the cost of a little redundancy is minimal.
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Thanks for the reply but are we talking about the same himax motor? The link above is to one that's about $100 more than the silver bullet. Himax 6330-210 F3A Motor (210KV) $279.99. For the silver bullet motor or even the himax in the link, what C rating 5 cell pack is the minimum safest to use and is there a generally preferrred place to order the packs from other than HK? You wouldn't by chance be flying in the next couple of days? I'm out of the area soon but wouldn't mind checking the setup out before ordering.