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05-31-2017 | 12:48 PM

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EbbTide

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Spektrum's are noted for brown-outs just by sneezing.

well... yeah, they are lol. You'll still have a tough time convincing me that a fan can cause it. Especially if it's only a 5v fan

05-31-2017 | 01:13 PM

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well... yeah, they are lol. You'll still have a tough time convincing me that a fan can cause it. Especially if it's only a 5v fan

Yea, a fan doesn't draw enough amps so it shouldn't cause any issues.

05-31-2017 | 01:14 PM

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well add a glitch buster to the mix dont solder to esc.. why?

05-31-2017 | 07:54 PM

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I solder my WTF fans to the battery terminals on my ESC. This is no different than if you soldered the leads directly to the battery itself.

Works great and fan runs faster than it would tapping off the BEC. And the increased voltage has never damaged the WTF fans. Good luck.

05-31-2017 | 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by EbbTide

How would the fan cause a brownout? And how is it going to randomly short? Is someone clipping wires under the hood when I'm not looking? I'm genuinely curious because I've been running my fans off the RX port all along and never had a problem. Nor have I ever fried an ESC (knock on wood)

If a fan is stalled (something may get lodged in there, especially in outdoor environments) then it effectively shorts out.

06-01-2017 | 11:35 AM

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Do this ^^^^

06-01-2017 | 12:11 PM

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Do this ^^^^

Thank you

06-01-2017 | 08:52 PM

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https://www.amainhobbies.com/yeah-ra...0328bu/p491094

Anyone use this bracket? Will this work on a T5M or SC5M?

What about a B6 with laydown? Thanks

06-01-2017 | 08:55 PM

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https://www.amainhobbies.com/maclan-...cl4016/p506552

https://www.amainhobbies.com/yeah-ra...a-0180/p491060

Also which fan would be better to go with soldering into the ESC battery connections (2S Lipo)

06-01-2017 | 11:30 PM

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I just soldered mine directly to the postive and negative bullet connectors that connect to the battery

06-02-2017 | 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by glennhl

Second, third, fourth this ...
It's tidier and does reduce load on your BEC. Some of the fans nowadays can pull 0.5A off 6V and if your ESC BEC is only kicking out 3A or even 4A, 0.5A is ALOT! You're also going to be running your fan at battery voltage instead of 6V ... it's going a tad faster!

06-03-2017 | 08:49 AM

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Any help on this?

06-03-2017 | 12:13 PM

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If you are soldering the fan to the ESC then go with 8.4v fan, the 5v fan will not last.

06-05-2017 | 12:09 PM

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On my hobbywing esc's (v3.1) and (xr10 pro) there is an external receiver plug. Can I use this to power a fan for the motor? Any issues with doing this? One of my receivers is only a 3 channel so I have no other open ports but the bind port. (Spectrum receiver)

Remember, your Bind port is also an accessory port :-)