Spektrum announced today a new line of Smart ESCs. There is a lot to digest, but it looks interesting. For one, when coupled with their smart battery, the ESC can report battery status (not just flight pack voltage) as telemetry. I for one am looking forward to flying the battery instead of an arbitrary timer. No more guessing how much battery is left for that last go around.
More information in the links below.
There are some implications that could be a problem using this tech with MotionRC planes, and I'm hoping someone here can help answer them.
I understand the 'blue box' used in many of the planes is limited to 5 volts, that is going over 5 volts has been a factor in some issues. The new ESCs have an interesting feature that allow the user to configure the voltage used by the BEC. The problem is that the documentation indicates the minimum voltage is 6 volts.
I know there is nothing wrong with the ESCs supplied by Motion in the models, however it would not be unusual for any pilot to swap it our in order to take advantage of the smart features.
More information in the links below.
There are some implications that could be a problem using this tech with MotionRC planes, and I'm hoping someone here can help answer them.
I understand the 'blue box' used in many of the planes is limited to 5 volts, that is going over 5 volts has been a factor in some issues. The new ESCs have an interesting feature that allow the user to configure the voltage used by the BEC. The problem is that the documentation indicates the minimum voltage is 6 volts.
I know there is nothing wrong with the ESCs supplied by Motion in the models, however it would not be unusual for any pilot to swap it our in order to take advantage of the smart features.
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