Opinions on the UBEC

...i guees this gets asked alot and I am sure there is a FAQ or a sticky that you will all direct me to but what is a UBEC and what des it do? Should I have one? Does it come in pretty colours? :040:

[BrianG]

BEC=Battery Eliminator Circuit. The U in UBEC stands for Ultimate IIRC.

It's just a voltage regulator that turns the main battery voltage into a lower voltage (5v or 6v typically) that your receiver and servos can handle. Without this regulator, you'd have to use a seperate 4 or 5 cell battery pack, which adds weight and something else to charge.

You can click here for more info, but it's probably more data than you need...