so i order a bunch of electric parts .. esc, motor, battery, etc... none of them seem to connect together?? Any opinions.... or how do i connect them???

You need to be a little more specific. What specific components did you purchase?? Brand name and model will help so that we can give you specific answers to your question.

Ken

Turnigy plush 60a ESC

rhino 3700 25c 3 cell 11.1 volt..

i bought two batteries hoping to wire then in series eventually and two male ec3 14awg and one female to do this...

a turnigy C4260-600 electric motor....

and a 12x6 apc-e prop....

6cell is too much for that motor as far as I know... you would rather want 5cell which will give you 21V peak... Lipo into ESC, BEC from the ESC to receiver and ESC to motor... there you go...

Just bought a Magnum 180 Fourstroke.
Any help ontuning this motor, it is giving me hell pls help.
Already runned 10 litres of fuel through it and it still runs very hot even though it is very rich.
If anyone can pls help me with some tuning tips pls
Tx

i didnt get a BEC? but it seems like i can't connect them? do you just tape them to connect them because thats the only thing i see i can do ... the holes are way to big for the little wires....

it does have a BEC... the BEC wires are three glued to one another... white, black and red... those output 5V to power the receiver... the three red wires go to your motor... and the black and red on input side to Lipo... you need a male deans plug to connect it to the Lipo... you need to solder all the wires... you will need gold plated connectors which should have come with the motor to solder to the red wires...

The motor wires generally go into bullet connectors. These are metal cylinders with an opening at one end. Generally you need to solder the wire into the bullet connector using a soldering iron. Heat shrink tubing is the placed over the portion of the bullet that will not be fully inserted into the ESC.

The bullet connectors go into the ESC. They should plug straight in.... If the motor turns backwards for your application then reverse any two wires.

The battery attaches to the ESC via. a pair of connectors. The Male connector must be soldered onto the motor. The Female must be soldered onto the battery. In both cases heat shrink tubing must be used to insulate any exposed wire. It is *critical* that you keep the battery leads separate during soldering and only expose them one at a time. It is also critical that you attach the female connector to the battery.

Taping any of these components is a recipe for a fire.

If this isn't starting to make complete sense you should find someone local to assist.

here is a pic...

Hi Frenchdoor,
I think your order was a little incomplete.

First off, 6S on your motor should be fine, but expect it to run fast (Are you sure you didn't get the 500kv motor?)

Anyway, You should have gotten 2 female (For the batteries) EC3 plugs and 1 male (For the ESC). If you got any instructions on the EC3, use that. In order to run them in Series, you may be able to buy an EC3 series connector from your LHS. Your motor will have the 3 bullet connectors already installed on it. You need to find the mates in the package and solder them to the three red ESC wires. You will then plug them in and shrink wrap over them individually. You don't need to shrink the EC3 connectors on the battery if they are soldered properly.

When I placed my order I ordered a couple of sets of the Turnigy 4mm connectors (red). They are both male and female together and you just need to make sure you setup the connectors on the correct wire.
Good luck and PM me if you need any help.
Curtis

I ordered the female and male connectors with it too .. which i forgot to mention...

the problem is the connectors are 14awg and the battery wires are 10 awg so what adapter do you use to fit one in the other...?

you dont need adaptors... you solder them into the connectors... if I understand what you are saying...

that's what i thought! i wanted to make sure i asked before i did it... !

did my pic help you out also a little?

It is helpful! but I knew that much already :P... just wondering since the guage of the wire was pretty different if there was some sort of adapter thing to make the 14awg larger in diameter. But I guess now i know i can just solder it in there...

hold the wire in there and close the whole connector up with solder... don't blow on it to set, makes a dry joint... let it idle until you see the color changing on it... will change from shiny silver to gray when set...