What is a BEC and do I need one for the below combo?
03-26-2019, 12:41 PM
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What is a BEC and do I need one for the below combo?
I recently acquired a great planes rimfire 1.6 and castle hv 80 esc. I plan on using the combo for my 1/4 scale sap nieuport 17. What other electronics are required other than radio and servos? Do I need a BEC? Thank you.
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03-26-2019, 02:08 PM
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A BEC is a Battery Eliminator Circuit
Its a component built into many ESC's that provides power on the positive lead of the throttle servo meaning small planes don't need a receiver battery along with a flight battery, it sends a regulated voltage to the receiver.
The HV-80 doesn't include an integrated BEC so your choices are to purchase a separate BEC and run the radio/servos from the motor battery, or, given the size we are talking, just run the receiver from a conventional receiver battery.
Its a component built into many ESC's that provides power on the positive lead of the throttle servo meaning small planes don't need a receiver battery along with a flight battery, it sends a regulated voltage to the receiver.
The HV-80 doesn't include an integrated BEC so your choices are to purchase a separate BEC and run the radio/servos from the motor battery, or, given the size we are talking, just run the receiver from a conventional receiver battery.
