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Old 12-07-2009, 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 1101
Also can soak up spikes/hash.
Had to put one on my RX when I changed servos, go figure.

$40 for a $1 part is a bit of a rip... I stuck a 4700uF on the RX(was what I had handy)
Easy to DIY, keep the leads as short as reasonably possible.
The one u mentioned is a receiver capacitor used to reduce glitches... The one originally posted was about power capacitors which is installed at the battery wires going into the esc to reduce voltage ripple and to prevent unstable voltage from the battery during hard acceleration...
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