Originally posted by xviper
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FMS T-45 GOSHAWK 70mm: Did I buy the wrong battery? Or just need an adapter?
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Originally posted by chipset35 View Post
What about the HiTech chargers XT60 connectors and EC3 connectors? They wont fit the Admiral battery's EC5 connector.
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Originally posted by xviper View PostLike I said, you can buy adapters. It's the same principle as adapters for ESCs to whatever battery you have. They make XT60 to EC5 and EC3 to EC5 or almost anything you can encounter. Or you can get charge leads that are already EC5. I have 6 chargers. Some leads, I have 4 sets of them.
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Argh....so I went to solder the EC5 plug to the ESC wires.
I watched a uTube video on how to do it as well.
Unfortunately, like my other FMS aircraft, there is not much wire to work with.
I cannot get enough leverage or space to hold the tinned wire to the solder filled node on the male pin with enough pressure so that when I heat up the pin to melt the solder within, I can never get the tinned wire to stick.
What I am thinking now is maybe it would be easier to just take a spare male EC5 connector and wire I have with an adapter for "charging", and just cut then strip the other ends off the wire, tin it and then try and just solder that end to the bare wires from the ESC.
I have enough space to solder the pairs of wires together I think.
Just need to figure out how to get the shrink material heated with my heat gun after I solder it, without heating any foam or other wires and electronics.
Might be better to just tightly wrap with electrical tape.
Or are there "crimp" connectors I could use to join the wires?
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Originally posted by rifleman_btx View Postjust pull the fan assembly and esc out of the access hatch. So you have the room to work. When you do this tie a string to the esc battery cables, so when you are done you can use the string to pull the cables back into place with minimal headache
I cannot find the voltage for it, but a similar brand has a 600 volt maximum.
I am going to do the right thing and take yours advice and use your steps to remove the ESC for easy soldering, as I am am good at soldering those EC5 connectors to wires if I have the space to work with.
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