first electric warbird. Do I power receiver with throttle lead from ESC or do I use a separate battery as we do with a gas plane? Thanks
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Welcome to the Squawk Dan.
A little more info would be helpful.
What size servos and how many?
How big an ESC and power voltage (?S) system are you using?Warbird Charlie
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Welcome to Hobby Squawk casketdan! The answer to your question will depend on the warbird you are refering to. Could you give more details on what bird you are considering or working on?
Much comes into play. If it's a bird that comes with all or most of the electronics installed, it will likely use what comes supplied. If it's a kit built or ARF, the answer will depend on the size and power set-up that the plane is designed for.
A few more details and the community here can get you going in the right direction.
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Thanks guys. Aircraft is FMS 1500 P47. Power is Admiral 6cell 6000ma. 7 servos. Tx/rd is Futaba 6 channel 2.4g with matching 3006 receiver. There is a lead from the esc to the receiver on channel 3 for throttle. Will this power the receiver? When I ran gas I powered the engine with one battery and the receiver with another
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My Futuba manual does not state whether my servo leads should be connected to all six receiver ports during the binding process. My rx is the 3006sb. It simply says to turn on the receiver,which would be supplied power by the throttle lead from the esc. Ok to use the switch that came with the tx/rx in line between the esc and the 3 port in the rx? Seems easier that way. Thanks gentlmen. As I said, first electric bird, all new tech for a 72 year old kid.
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Originally posted by casketdan View PostMy Futuba manual does not state whether my servo leads should be connected to all six receiver ports during the binding process. My rx is the 3006sb. It simply says to turn on the receiver,which would be supplied power by the throttle lead from the esc. Ok to use the switch that came with the tx/rx in line between the esc and the 3 port in the rx? Seems easier that way. Thanks gentlmen. As I said, first electric bird, all new tech for a 72 year old kid.
And as for using the switch, as long as your switch has all 3 wires (ground, power, and signal), and all three wires have continuity on either side of the switch, when the switch is on, you could put that in line with the ESC servo port wire. I wouldn't suggest it though. You may get away with it, but it's not something I like to do. You just need to keep in mind, when you plug your main power battery in, the ESC is powered, you will hear it do the first initialization beeps on the motor, the final 2 beeps will only come when the ESC gets a 0 throttle position from the receiver. So there is a slight issue with safety having the ESC powered (ready to spool up that powerful brushless motor) but no solid throttle position command from the receiver. Hope this clears up some of the mystery.
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