Originally Posted by
dayglo33
The bec in my hobbywing stock spec ESC blew. I hooked up an external BEC and everything worked fine. So my question is: if the servo and the receiver and transponder can handle 7.4 volts, can I just run a wire from the battery straight to the receiver to run everything?
Yup, I've done this myself just fine, in fact I've even used the balance port from a 4S pack to draw unregulated 8.4V however I found it necessary to only draw the positive lead from the balance port, it was necessary to use the negative lead from the BEC to prevent steering glitches as shown in the following thread:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...0#post40061288
