Castle 5th scale

[Shonen]

Originally Posted by padrino

With the run today I thought I would throw out a request, looking for ideas.

With the data logging on the XL I know I'll want to jump in my RX box often to pull the log. I previously made a y connector with port on my e-revo but with the Spektrum or Futaba RX when supplying power to the ESC via Caslte Link the RX activates and starts talking. I would like to put something together that will only allow power to the RX if it's coming from the ESC and not the other side of the Y connector, essentially an automatic switch. I know I can also wire it with a manual switch but since I'm looking into it I was wondering if anyone who understands circuits would know what I could wire up to allow this behavior automatically.

When connecting the batteries in this setup it arcs quite strong, bad enough that I'm already starting to see pits in the castle 6.5mm bullets after only a few connections. I know this topic has been discussed quite a bit with the MMM but I have never seen it so bad that it starts pitting connectors so quick so I wanted to surface it again.

Castle actually makes a Y harness that does just that: http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...k_connect.html

DIY switch would be cool, although it's hard finding a microswitch rated for 5A. you could feasibly do a relay setup, but I find it much easier and simpler to just cut the ESC cable short and use an extension. I don't need to worry about it being waterproof so you can just disconnect the ESC outside the Rx box for log downloading. You can probably find a way to waterproof this setup too, if you need to.



...and yes, the sparks are huge. my hands shake when I plug in my batteries

[padrino]

Originally Posted by Shonen

Castle actually makes a Y harness that does just that: http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...k_connect.html

DIY switch would be cool, although it's hard finding a microswitch rated for 5A. you could feasibly do a relay setup, but I find it much easier and simpler to just cut the ESC cable short and use an extension. I don't need to worry about it being waterproof so you can just disconnect the ESC outside the Rx box for log downloading. You can probably find a way to waterproof this setup too, if you need to.

...and yes, the sparks are huge. my hands shake when I plug in my batteries

Thanks for the pointer on the quick connect, ordered a handful for all of my Castle powered rides, now I have a use for the ports I made for all of my RX boxes to make plugging it in no harder then lifting the rubber cover.