brushless esc and motor. clodbuster

[jshiigi808]

im new to the brushless and i wanted ti know what should i buy for my clod?

[SS Pede]

Novak makes a crawler system, that would probably be your best choice.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXSFR1&P=ML

[ElectricThunder]

You'd need two of those for a clod if I remember right.

[SS Pede]

Also I guess it depends on how fast you want to go, if you're really crawling or not.

[jshiigi808]

thanks guys. so i'll have to buy two and run 2 batterys?

[ElectricThunder]

You could, or you could have one large battery (like an 8000mah lipo for example) that's hooked to either system with a parallel harness. Make sense?

[rcconcept]

The Novak XBR Sport can be used in the clod.This is a quote form the novak site "and Built-in Motor Rotation Selector, which allows the user to easily select the direction of the motor rotation."

[WEBJPN7]

I need to know if I can hook 2 esc's to the same radio

[ElectricThunder]

I need to know if I can hook 2 esc's to the same radio

Yes. To do this, use a Y-harness for your receiver. You'll probably want to set up each ESC independently so you don't have problems doing two setups at once.

If both ESCs have a BEC (battery eliminator circuit), one of the ESC's red wires on its receiver plug will need to be disconnected so as not to overload the receiver.

[chewie]

if the becs were in parralell wouldnt that just boost the amperage thats available? and wouldnt it be better for dual hi torq servos.

[ElectricThunder]

if the becs were in parralell wouldnt that just boost the amperage thats available? and wouldnt it be better for dual hi torq servos.

I don't think it works that way in this particular case. While the harness may technically be paralleled, you have two separate power inputs going into the receiver; they just happen to be using a common wire after a certain point (so if there's two 6.0v BECs, I would imagine it would be 12.0v total going to the ESC, and not 6.0v and twice the current capability). I'm not totally sure though; I've always figured it's better to be safe than sorry, and running two ESCs off of one of the ESCs BECs should be just fine. Good question though.

[chewie]

well i might give that a try get two escs wire them in parralell.. and see how many volts the reciver would get. checking wtiha volt meter of course. i really wouldnt be suprised that they are still only 6 volts.

[ElectricThunder]

well i might give that a try get two escs wire them in parralell.. and see how many volts the reciver would get. checking wtiha volt meter of course. i really wouldnt be suprised that they are still only 6 volts.

If the harness really is paralleling the BECs, then yeah, it'd still be however many volts the BEC is. I wonder if the extra current capability can damage the receiver.

[chewie]

id think not. since the reciver draws only as much power as it needs. its not like a constand 6 volts being pushed into it at six amps continously. the reciver takes however much power it needs at a time.

[ElectricThunder]

Well, if the servo can draw X amount of amps, and the receiver can only handle Y amount, where Y is less than X, then I can see a problem. One way to find out....start hooking up Y-harnesses to stuff!:D

[chewie]

lol maybe if i had a traxxas system but not on my nomadio trancievers those babys are expensive

[kufman]

The paralleled BEC's probably will not hurt the receiver, but they will probably hurt eachother. Since they are in parallel you will get 6v and not 12. The problem lies with what each one calls 6v. What the one calls 6 the other may think is 5.9 and will be trying to raise it's output to fix it. when it raises it's output, the other one may try to lower it's output. In theory in can work, but getting them to share may be the problem. A little bit of series resistance will help them share. The wire leads on the ESC's may be enough to make them share as long as they are the same length. I don't think 6A of current capability will hurt the receiver since a receiver pack can provide much more than that. Give it a try and see what happens. lol.

[kschauwe]

Some BEC regulators don't like voltage feed into their output. Best to remove the red wire on ESC signal lead.