When Tamiya RC cars meet high power brushless system…
We are talking about those standard Tamiya RC cars not the TRF ones. If you are to use BL system…
Category: Tech Tip – Electronics
When your brushless configuration is too powerful for your car…
When your brushless motor and ESC combination is too strong for your car (too much punch and torque), your plastic…
Brushless wire coloring
Sometimes you may find these wires sharing the exact same color. Keep in mind, having the same wire color doesn’t…
Battery connectors for high power application
Modern RC cars have very high current draw, that even Dean plugs may not be able to survive the heat…
Can you use RC-Plane ESC on RC car?
The answer is YES. In fact, some ESCs for RC plane offer a special auto break mode which you may…
Free Tech Tips – using separate power source for the receiver
The receiver needs approximately 6V of power to operate. In a typical configuration, the ESC supplies this power to the…
Free Tech Tips – battery voltage and its relationship with performance and reliability
We use 7.2V batteries here as examples for discussion. The 3700mah GP pack is so strong that when it is…
Free Tech Tips – mixing and matching ESC, receiver and servo
To connect receiver and ESC/servo produced by different manufacturers, you may need to do some work on the connector. Say,…
Free Tech Tips – soldering battery cells
Soldering directly to the battery cells is never a good idea. You should only solder to the welded tabs. Soldering…