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cheers mate, does that ESC have a BEC or will i need the battery pack,which i have

agemax wrote:

cheers mate, does that ESC have a BEC or will i need the battery pack,which i have

Neither - it's got an unregulated ouput (i.e. whatever the main drive battery is putting out) via a 2-pin JST connector to plug into the RX ... the drawback is that your RX does need to have BEC or you risk letting the magic smoke out

Missed the post today, it won't get collected until tomorrow now

Jonny wrote:

agemax wrote:

cheers mate, does that ESC have a BEC or will i need the battery pack,which i have

Neither - it's got an unregulated ouput (i.e. whatever the main drive battery is putting out) via a 2-pin JST connector to plug into the RX ... the drawback is that your RX does need to have BEC or you risk letting the magic smoke out

Missed the post today, it won't get collected until tomorrow now

ok...so if i get a Mitroniks ESC will that work ok?

You could use an external BEC but I don't see one on eBay at the moment that's much cheaper than a Mitroniks ESC...
I'll do another search.

I'm not following ... I thought this ESC was for your 2nd car - the one without any electrics in it ATM - & that you'd get an RX that was compatible with your Techniplus TX at some point in the future ... so you don't need an external BEC, you just need an RX with BEC on board, which most 1984/5 on have: if you wanted to stick with the the Acoms brand, the ARE-227, AR227-FE, AR201 or AR-2/27 RXs are all suitable

it is all for the 2nd build car with no electrickery fitted. so if i can get one of those RX's you mention and a Mitroniks ESC it will work fine?
its my birthday in february so wifey said she would get me a Mitronics ESC

agemax wrote:

it is all for the 2nd build car with no electrickery fitted. so if i can get one of those RX's you mention and a Mitroniks ESC it will work fine?
its my birthday in february so wifey said she would get me a Mitronics ESC

I'm really lost now ... to make it clear what I'm sending you, these are photos of identical kit:

Acoms AS-17 Servo: screws to chassis, connects to steering servo saver via light blue splined bit, connects to RX "ch.1" pins via 3 pin connector:




Tamiya TEU101BK ESC:



... which has the following connectors/doodads:



On/Off Switch: switches unit on/off + also the power to the JST/BEC connector, and therefore power to the RX;

JST/BEC Connector: this is the bit that's different to Mtroniks ESCs - on those, power to the RX is supplied via the Control cable, but on Tamiya ESCs, this extra cable connects to the RX "Batt" pins... it's an unregulated output, meaning whatever voltage main drive battery you have, that's the voltage that will be send down this cable - and that can be a problem as an RX without the letters "BEC" on the label will be expecting 4.8 to 6.0 v maxiumum, a "7.2" battery (which can be delivering 8.5v fresh off the charger) is too much;

Control Cable: connects to RX "Ch. 2" pins;

Bullet Connectors: Connects to Motor;

Battery Connector: this is an Anderson "Power Pole" connector, I've also included one of these and a regular Tamiya battery connector so you can make an adaptor or just replace it;



So, to be extra clear - you don't need the 4x AA battery holder, you don't need another another ESC, what you need is an RX with the magic letters "BEC" on it

right, i see now.....i think i confused myself somehow. so all i need is a tamiya RX with a built in BEC, like the ones you listed, am i correct?

agemax wrote:

right, i see now.....i think i confused myself somehow. so all i need is a tamiya RX with a built in BEC, like the ones you listed, am i correct?

The ARE-227, AR227-FE, AR201 & AR-2/27 RXs are all Acoms, but essentially, yes

is any better than others (?) or are they all just as good.
is this one ok?
www.ebay.co.uk/...500wt_1069