brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions. - RC-Monster Forums

Ryu James · 09.24.2009, 04:58 PM

hey all,
so i am going to be using the castle bec to power the esc and reciever. but i have a small 2s 1350mah lipo that i want to use strictly for my 6v fans. how would i hook this up? do i just connect the batter directly to the fans? or maybe connect to a switch harness and then the fans? or do i need some type of resistor or something like with led's?

florianz · 09.24.2009, 05:12 PM

you don't need a seperate lipo pack. well, you can do if you want, they have 7,4 volts, which means good cooling with the 6v fans, no problem at all for sure.

or, you plug the cable for the fan into the receiver. there you get, depending on the ubec/bec, about 5 or 6 volts. if the bec is powerful enough for the big servo, don't worry about the fans. just don't plug the 6v fans onto 10s...

Ryu James · 09.24.2009, 05:27 PM

thanks guys. and you will see this in action soon...very soon. i stopped by the machine shop today and they were working on my hubs. in fact, they are probably done now and i can go pick them up so i can get my brakes installed this weeked too. i am gonna get the esc and bec all hooked up right now and ready to go and then start working on the brakes tonight. my buddy has a killer hi-def camcorder and will shoot the vid. so if he is available this weekend we should see some action. i am crossing my fingers.

aqwut · 09.24.2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryu James

thanks guys. and you will see this in action soon...very soon. i stopped by the machine shop today and they were working on my hubs. in fact, they are probably done now and i can go pick them up so i can get my brakes installed this weeked too. i am gonna get the esc and bec all hooked up right now and ready to go and then start working on the brakes tonight. my buddy has a killer hi-def camcorder and will shoot the vid. so if he is available this weekend we should see some action. i am crossing my fingers.

SWEET!... luckily you have a buddy who works at the machine shop... It's going to be awesome seeing urs and Kazs' video....

Ryu James · 09.25.2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by aqwut

SWEET!... luckily you have a buddy who works at the machine shop... It's going to be awesome seeing urs and Kazs' video....

yeah, i was thinking of starting a new thread. we'll call it the "Official thread for 1/5 Redcat Rampage Brushless Conversions" and all of us post some pics and vids of our final rides in there. and i am sure we will see more in the future. its such a great 1/5 to convert cuz its affordable. i am into mine about the same as it cost me to do a nice 1/8 buggy or truggy. what do you guys think?