Novice radio user question

Brian fred carr

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OK I need help here, the four planes I have are all RTF so radios have always come supplied
I now have the turnigy 9x and receiver...so does the rx have its own power supply or does it get power from
the esc
 

Brian fred carr

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Thankyou FM The confusion i had came from seeing batteries for the receiver wich i suppose are for the nitros thanks again
 

ananas1301

Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Not only for nitros. (I have a nitro car and I have a simple 5 cell NiMh battery to power the receiver)

But you also very often have a "humppack" (5cells NiMh) to power the receiver on its own and then deactivate the integrated BEC of the ESC so that the full amount of power is directly delivered to the motors or whatever they are used for.
 

bicyclemonkey

Flying Derp
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Normally that is done on larger models that use more than four servos and where redundancy is critical because of the expense of said model/equipment.
 

Paintball_kidz

Big Foig
Or if you dont want to use a second pack to power your receiver use a bec connected to your main battery and disconnect the red wire on the esc.