New 100 pound test! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32SNVXklxxs
I just got a little surprise in the mail today, a BEC unit from Castle! They have asked me to give it the shakedown and really put it to the test. I will put it to servo and LED power duty this week, testing my servos at different voltages while keeping an eye on the BEC temps and performance. This should turn out to be a great product for crawlers, the one product that we all need. The best part about it will be the price, estimated about $22 each at this time. Not only is this considerably cheaper than most other switching regs out there, the output is 10 amps max and 7 amps continuous!
The down and dirty- 20awg power wire and 22awg servo leads. It is adjustable from 4.8 to 9 volts output. Input is 25v max, minimum isn't listed yet. Weight is very light, 17.7 grams with a deans inline adapter. Half of that weight is the deans plug I'm sure. The unit requires a Castle link to be reprogrammed, but I will offer that service to anybody who wants it. Most servos will be safe on 6 volts, but select servos might do very well overvolted. The Tower pro servos and the Hitec Ti servos come to mind.
I will continue to update this thread with my finding on performance and value. I cant wait to try this out as a LED power source. 7.2 to 7.4 volts will be perfect for 2 series white leds and 4 series red leds "thumbsup"
I just got a little surprise in the mail today, a BEC unit from Castle! They have asked me to give it the shakedown and really put it to the test. I will put it to servo and LED power duty this week, testing my servos at different voltages while keeping an eye on the BEC temps and performance. This should turn out to be a great product for crawlers, the one product that we all need. The best part about it will be the price, estimated about $22 each at this time. Not only is this considerably cheaper than most other switching regs out there, the output is 10 amps max and 7 amps continuous!
The down and dirty- 20awg power wire and 22awg servo leads. It is adjustable from 4.8 to 9 volts output. Input is 25v max, minimum isn't listed yet. Weight is very light, 17.7 grams with a deans inline adapter. Half of that weight is the deans plug I'm sure. The unit requires a Castle link to be reprogrammed, but I will offer that service to anybody who wants it. Most servos will be safe on 6 volts, but select servos might do very well overvolted. The Tower pro servos and the Hitec Ti servos come to mind.
I will continue to update this thread with my finding on performance and value. I cant wait to try this out as a LED power source. 7.2 to 7.4 volts will be perfect for 2 series white leds and 4 series red leds "thumbsup"
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