Hello all,

I'm very new to drone building, and have set myself a challenge of creating a twin motor fixed wing plane. I will be using two batteries, and as the title suggests, two motors and hence two ESCs. For this purpose I decided to purchase a PDB; a "Matek PDB-XPW w/ Current Sensor 140A and Dual BEC (5V and 12V)" (link:https://bit.ly/2E9o4bJ).

I purchased it noting that it had a rating of 140 A, which seemed suitable as my two motors draw a maximum current of 44 A, and have 50 A ESCs for each of them. Everything seemed perfect!

When the device arrived I realised the 140 A rating is distributed equally in 4 parts to each ESC pad: giving them 35 A each! Like most, designed for quad rotors. This is written on the back of the board, and had me worried... Can this device only deliver 35 A to each port, regardless or the number of ESC pads in use? Or if I'm using two of the pads will it deliver up to 70 A each?

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I assume it's the former, and in which case, could I connect a single ESC to two pads in parallel to effectively double the maximum current up to 70 A? I've attached a diagram to show you what I'm on about in case any of that wasn't clear! My apologises if I've used terms incorrectly, or if some of it doesn't make sense.

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I've also included an electronic diagram of the parallel connection, where the M is the ESC *pads* (on the PDB) and the potential difference is a single motor/ESC system.

Thank you!

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