Originally Posted by
Craig B.
Hi Carsten,
I thought I read somewhere in the futaba literature that the leads should be no longer than 30-40 cm.....or maybe I was told that by our local futaba agent?
Craig,
assuming you are using a "decent" cable between the powerbox and the receiver, you can (according to PowerBox/Emmerich) use up to 3 meters of cable. (And as other writes, the SBUS signal can travel even further, this is the same signal that can be routed around in your plane driving Futaba SBUS servos directly.) Just keep in mind that the cable from the powerbox to the SBUS(2) output on the receiver is up to the job (the receivers can pull up to 200 mA). I use 0.5mm2 cable between "powerboxes" and receivers. The 0.5mm2 is to keep the voltage drop over the 3 meter cable to a minimum.