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[Bricks]

How do I connect that?

They have the correct ends and will just plug right into your receiver the link shows what connectors come on each Life battery.

 

[Quinnyperks]

@Battery800 its exactly what I was doing with your 2s 800, jsts will also plug into servo leads. But with worse results if you reverse the polarity

 

[Timmy]

Why do people cange their profile pictures so much? It's so hard to recognize anybody! I have to read the name!

 

[Flyingshark]

Why do people change their profile pictures so much? It's so hard to recognize anybody! I have to read the name!

*ahem*

 

[GrizWiz]

Oh of course the second I change my picture...

 

[Battery800]

Oh of course the second I change my picture...

haha

 

[Battery800]

@Battery800 its exactly what I was doing with your 2s 800, jsts will also plug into servo leads. But with worse results if you reverse the polarity

so positive to positve, negative to negative, and no signal?

 

[Battery800]

so positive to positve, negative to negative, and no signal?

Then how do I power the servos?

 

[Ketchup]

Then how do I power the servos?

I thought the receiver sends power to them like it always does.

 

[Hondo76251]

Y'all west coasters can take some of this smoke back any time now... bout had enough of smelling like a campfire...

 

[Hondo76251]

Then how do I power the servos?

One of my favorite ways to do it on larger stuff, especially since they're mostly twin engine, is to run all the servos on the left side of the body on the left esc's bec and all the right, well, on the right. I run a 3rd bec for the receiver and sometimes a 4th or more for accessories like a flight controller. This helps keep one bec from killing all the servos if it fails...

 

[Ketchup]

One of my favorite ways to do it on larger stuff, especially since they're mostly twin engine, is to run all the servos on the left side of the body on the left esc's bec and all the right, well, on the right. I run a 3rd bec for the receiver and sometimes a 4th or more for accessories like a flight controller. This helps keep one bec from killing all the servos if it fails...

But how do you power specific servos off of one BEC? Do you plug the power wires of the servo into the BEC and then the signal into the receiver or something?

 

[Quinnyperks]

Cool! I did a Shinden skin for localfiends Shinden that never came out. Need to revisit that someday. View attachment 203744

I was looking back through stuff, I kind of want to make the plane off this to see if it’s feasible.

 

[Timmy]

Y'all west coasters can take some of this smoke back any time now... bout had enough of smelling like a campfire...
View attachment 204294

 

[Rasterize]

I was looking back through stuff, I kind of want to make the plane off this to see if it’s feasible.

Oh, I think it's feasible. FT started the Shinden a few years back but never released it. See video here. If I remember correctly, they said they never could get it stable and get a consistent build for the kit. Community member Localfiend started messing with it (4 years ago!) and I think he got a relatively stable version. See some of his prototyping here. I made the skin from those plans. My hesitance in posting the skins for use is that neither of the folks (FT and Localfiend) that worked on it, have released it to the wild. At least not that I'm aware. Therefore I sit, wait, and hope that one day they....

 

[Hondo76251]

But how do you power specific servos off of one BEC? Do you plug the power wires of the servo into the BEC and then the signal into the receiver or something?

This is what i did on the wings for my bush plane:

I separate the signal wires and run them to the receiver and run the red and black wires to a separate BEC. In this case i put in a 4 wire plug so i didnt have to keep track of which wires were which every time and then ran all the (+)(-) into a JST since that's what came on that particular bec.

On this plane im just powering the tail feathers and the receiver from the ESC but i normally prefer to keep the reciever on its own power source in case the ESC craps out, that way you still have at least some flight controls in the event of failure.

 

[Quinnyperks]

Oh, I think it's feasible. FT started the Shinden a few years back but never released it. See video here. If I remember correctly, they said they never could get it stable and get a consistent build for the kit. Community member Localfiend started messing with it (4 years ago!) and I think he got a relatively stable version. See some of his prototyping here. I made the skin from those plans. My hesitance in posting the skins for use is that neither of the folks (FT and Localfiend) that worked on it, have released it to the wild. At least not that I'm aware. Therefore I sit, wait, and hope that one day they.... View attachment 204304

I might try, I doubt it would be good but maybe.....

 

[Bricks]

Then how do I power the servos?

Just as Ketchup said the Life battery plugs right into the + - of the receiver and provides the power to run anything plugged into the receiver. You would only have the yellow or white signal wire connected from the ESC for the motor control.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

hey guys quick question... is the bushwacker a reasonable trainer....??? as a second or 3rd plane?

 

[Battery800]

Just as Ketchup said the Life battery plugs right into the + - of the receiver and provides the power to run anything plugged into the receiver. You would only have the yellow or white signal wire connected from the ESC for the motor control.

So could I have a 2s lipo with a jst connected to the receiver, then not have a bec? It’s only going to be 2-4 5 gram servos and no motor