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Post by harriermech on Oct 6, 2010 19:02:29 GMT 1
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Post by flydiver on Oct 6, 2010 19:43:48 GMT 1
Turnigy Plush ARE Hobbywings.
If you find an ESC that uses the program card with the round dots it's a HobbyWing. LOTS of rebrands of this product.
Get the program card, you'll be glad you did. Stick programming is pretty miserable.
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Post by harriermech on Oct 6, 2010 23:00:53 GMT 1
Which card? I have never used one. So I should get this ESC?
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Post by flydiver on Oct 6, 2010 23:49:20 GMT 1
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Post by iflyforfun on Oct 7, 2010 3:27:01 GMT 1
A few weeks ago I ordered that exact 40 amp EMAX esc and programming card from HURC. I will be using it in the Fun Cub later but did hook it up and played with the programming card. Fly is right!!!! Get the card. You won't regret it. flydiver, Started at 18 and just finished week 24. The best one yet was Week 22 interview with Castle Creations. Wow, was that the clincher. I remember you responding to one of my questions a few weeks ago explaining the difference between linear and switching BEC's. This interview just brought that all together for me. It is clear as day now that the linear BEC's amp rating is dependent on many factors but one of the most important is heat dissipation. If your not cooling that L-BEC and it can't dissipate the heat your not going to get the amp rating out of it hence your now flying without servo control. Now I understand why you recommended using a SBEC. Great info and I'm sucking it all up like a sponge. It's also nice to finally find a company that stands behind there ratings. It sounds like I will be using CC products on anything of high value I own leaving Terra-firma. Ifly |
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Post by flydiver on Oct 7, 2010 6:19:35 GMT 1
It's also nice to finally find a company that stands behind there ratings. It sounds like I will be using CC products on anything of high value I own leaving Terra-firma. Ifly Like a lot of folks I started out on TowerPro motors and TP Mag8 ESC. The couple Mag8 I have left only see bench time. They are 'sacrificial'. One I have will lose it's programming if you give it a dirty look. Odd for electrical stuff. I got to the place I decided I needed to learn more about ESC. I started digging. I got even MORE confused. There are hoards of opinions out there and most of them are very poorly informed. It takes awhile to separate the noise from the data. Very few people have more than a clue what an ESC actually does. If the prop goes around and nothing burns up, they're good. CC are my preferred ESC but they are a tad expensive. For more expendable planes hobbywings are just fine, maybe about as good as CC but without the extensive programming and support CC offers with the Link. I like being able to set my LVC exactly where I want it. |
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Post by Dillzio on Oct 7, 2010 11:11:30 GMT 1
I ended up getting a hobbywing pentium 30A ESC off of ebay because hobbyking was out of the Turnigy Plush that I wanted. If anything I'd say hobbywing is better than Turnigy, but they both function identically and use the same programming card so under the wrapping they may actually be the same.
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Post by harriermech on Oct 7, 2010 13:05:51 GMT 1
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Post by Dillzio on Oct 7, 2010 14:31:25 GMT 1
yep, that's the one I ordered. I bought it for the turnigy plush, but it also works on the hobbywing pentium
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Post by harriermech on Oct 7, 2010 16:43:55 GMT 1
Thanks for all the replies from everyone.
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Post by iflyforfun on Oct 7, 2010 19:50:01 GMT 1
It's also nice to finally find a company that stands behind there ratings. It sounds like I will be using CC products on anything of high value I own leaving Terra-firma. Ifly CC are my preferred ESC but they are a tad expensive. For more expendable planes hobbywings are just fine, maybe about as good as CC but without the extensive programming and support CC offers with the Link. I like being able to set my LVC exactly where I want it. Right on about the LVC. I can only set Low, Medium or High. High is supposed to be 3 volts but I'm continually getting between 2.6 and 3 volts measured right after flying. I wish I could bump it up to 3.3 or even higher to find the sweet spot. I'm back to using the timer on my DX6i and the last few flights have all ended above 3 volts with a flight time of 10 minutes. More like 11 min by the time I set up and land. The CC's are a TAD + a bit ,more expensive but there is no doubt I would not hesitate laying out the extra cash if I was flying something with more value like the Hanger 9 80" Cub. That will be my next build after I'm done with the Fun Cub and my initial figures have me close to $600 leaving Tera Firma. Fly, what are you setting your LVC at? Ifly |
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Post by flydiver on Oct 7, 2010 21:34:30 GMT 1
3.4v.
I seldom even hit that. Obviously I pretty conservative on batteries.
For those that don't know the Castle ESC can be set to 'auto-3v/cell' or ANY voltage you pre-determine if you use the Castle Link-a PC programming device. You can also upgrade firmware as it becomes available. When I started with Thunderbirds a few years back you could do some basic LVC programming and then about a year ago they made a firmware update and opened that up significantly.
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Post by leisureshoot on Oct 8, 2010 2:36:35 GMT 1
How do you guys fly, primarily?
Do you fly the entire time on your battery, or do you land several times?
I have been leaving the recharging plug sticking out the bottom and checking the voltage between take-offs.
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Post by killioughtta on Oct 8, 2010 3:21:06 GMT 1
How do you guys fly, primarily? Do you fly the entire time on your battery, or do you land several times? I have been leaving the recharging plug sticking out the bottom and checking the voltage between take-offs. I LOVE ROG AND LANDING! I Roll-off-Ground and circle the plank a couple of times before landing, ROG again and do a loop or two, rolls, stall-turns and come in for a short and slow bush landing, ROG again, fly around 1-4 feet from the ground (I love flying really low and slow). All that while landing every minute or two. I keep a battery monitor on so I can hear when it's time for a new pack. I have 4 packs now (2 2.2Ah and 2 1.3Ah) so I can fly for a long time! ;D |
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Post by iflyforfun on Oct 8, 2010 10:54:36 GMT 1
How do you guys fly, primarily? Do you fly the entire time on your battery, or do you land several times? I have been leaving the recharging plug sticking out the bottom and checking the voltage between take-offs. I fly around like Kill mentioned on his post. ROG is fun and I enjoy landing as slow as possible. I set my timer for 10 minutes and fly till the timer goes off. Then I land, check the voltage right away and replace the battery. When I fly with my camera on board, it's straight to as high as I can see orientation then reduce power to about 30% and try and get some smooth video. I was getting 25 minutes flight time out of the stock motor with my Turnigy 2200 20C's but now with the 35-36C I get about 13 or 14 minutes if I let it hit the LVC. As fly and I were talking about my LVC is to low so that's why I'm back to the timer. Now that I have flown with the 35-36C I may go back to the 35-30 and see how that works as far as flight time. As I said above most of my flying is close to the ground, low and slow. I love float flying and am continually practicing landings. Ifly |
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