electronics

Hi guys this is my first post and if I leave something out please let me know so I can edit the post. But anyway I am trying to put together an old Hobbico Park Pilot. I only have the fuselage and main wing. I need to build the vertical and horizontal stabs. I also would like to put a brushless...

Wanted to run this idea/question by the community, but perhaps it's already been covered elsewhere. Regardless..... I've been running some designs on paper for a 3 motor VTOL design. Yes, I know it's nothing new but wanted to give it a shot anyway. My design will have two motors in the front...

As my username suggests I am completely new to the hobby but I can already tell its addictive. Been doing a ton of research and placed all my orders over the weekend. I was checking to make sure everything was correct and thought I could post up what's on the way and get feedback from the...

I recently finished building the FT Spitfire but when it came to fitting the swappable power pod I found that the sides of the pod became stuck on the spray adhesive (on the inside of the fuselage) I had used to temporarily attach the plans to the foam board for cutting. I almost destroyed the...

From a pile of rubbish to something that will fly? Unlikely, but this is the fuselage of a RC glider I bought for £10 ($17) in the Antiques Village, Manchester, UK. It looks rough, but the wingspan is over 2m, and the fuselage is mostly intact, with control horns and pushrods installed and...

At the moment I'm planning on building several scratch builds.... I am in need of some simple instructions for matching Props, Motors, ESCs, Cables, Batteries and Servos etc. Can anyone help? Maybe just an internet link or a youtube video. Thanks!

Hi all! I built my versa wing a couple of days ago but needed to make an extended battery tray to balance it out since I will not be putting a camera on it. I am using the ft firewall to which I mounted my turnigy 2200kv (2826)motor. It is using a 3 cell 2200 mah lipo and a turnigy 45 amp speed...

Evening guys, I am new to the hobby and can't thank flite test enough for getting me into it and the forums for all the advice on first planes etc. Having flown dlg's and a 3 channel powered glider I wanted to try my hand at the swappables. I can't get my head around the electronics through...

I'm getting started in RC flying and would like to understand more about the power train and electronics. By power train, I mean the ESC, battery, BEC/UBEC, motor components. The electronics includes everything else from servo to receiver. If anyone could recommend a good book with up-to-date...

Hi, I am a 12 year old boy and I am trying to make my first quad copter (SK450). I have already assembled most of the thing. I am using a KK2 flight controller and I am having some trouble figuring out which order to put the ESCs and the receiver on the board. The manual says to put through...

I'm thinking about building the FT Slinger(Racer) and I want to know what electronics to buy for this plane.

So this may be a a stupid question but how do you pick out motor, ESC, and Battery for a R/C plane. I want to build a nutball because my wife got me a cessna 182 and i really dont want to crash it learning to fly. I wanted to understand The In and outs of R/C electronics so a could make...

I have seen this suggested many times and now we can voice our desire for this in this forum. I would like to see an explanation of how to choose an electronics setup. For example, if I had a certain motor: Is there a certain ESC that will burn up the motor or that will be burned up itself...