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[demonoid369]

ok I've been lingering around this forum and I've afraid to ask because I'm like electronic challenged... so I'm asking is I have the teken rebel2 esc and I have the MG946R servo and I was wandering what would be a good battery for it? do I need a bec? people have said I might need one. also I'm planning on getting a 45 to 55 turn moter so whats a good battery for me?

[Mriswith]

The BEC ( Battery Elimination Circuit ) is built into the ESC. The question is if the Rebel 2 can power the servo at full 6v strength without running a seperate reciever battery pack ( the Battery Elimination Circuit part ). I'm not familiar with the amp draw on that servo but the ESC should be putting out 5 amps. If you only running the one servo it should fine with any old battery you want use.

[demonoid369]

ya it did say it can power 5 amps but I was wandering what kind of battery would be good to use as in a lipo, how many "cells?" or something... I'm lost when it comes to electronics

[K_B]

According to Tower, the TR2 can handle up to 10 NiMH cells. Each cell is 1.2V, so the maximum voltage it can handle is 12V. A standard lipo cell is 3.7V, so a 2 cell lipo is 7.4V. A 3-cell is 11.1V. 4 cells is 14.8V and so on. So the biggest battery you can run is a 3-cell lipo. The capacity (mAh) of the battery is inconsequential.

The TR2 does not have a low-voltage cutoff. Lipos can be over-discharged and permanently damaged. You can buy an external low-voltage cut-off to avoid damaging the battery.

[demonoid369]

is there a link for the battery and for the external voltage cut-off?