Hello,
I am building a quadcopter, and would like some advice on how to wire things up correctly.
Its going to be approximately 5kg in weight, I have some 330kv motors, 18" props, a 16,000 mah 10c 6S battery and a APM 2.5 and I am trying to get as long a flight time as possible
I need to get some ESCs and was looking at these Hobbywing Xrotor Pro ones:
https://www.hobbywingdirect.com/products/xrotor-pro-40a-esc?variant=1806628548
I have quite a few questions, if anyone has the time to answer I would really appreciate it:
1. Does anyone know if these are any good.
2. They dont have a BEC/UBEC, so does that mean if I plug the signal wire into the APM 2.5, will it send 22 volts from my 6S battery to the APM and fry it?
3. My PDB has a 5v /3A regulator, if the above is true, and I send power to the APM via the PDB, how do I plug the signal cables into the APM without frying it. Do I have to buy BECs too? Or is there another way.
4. Is there any reason why its better to send power direct from the PDB, or via the ESCs to the APM, or does it not matter which I do?
5. Does any know of good guides/tutorials for understanding all the wiring/electronics etc, I am finding this part of the build quite difficult to get good info on, especially on how to make sure everything is wired correctly to prevent things getting fried. Also, I see some ESCs are programmable, but I dont understand how to do this, or what it involves? If anyone can send links or recommends books or anything like that, that would be great.
Thanks in advance
Al
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