Castle 10A BEC Voltage change

[Doozer]

I could have taken a little extra time with this video and polished it up some i.e. moved my sneakers out of the background, and moved the nastiest diet pepsi ever made (wild cherry) but... i didn't. Actually I'm playing with a new video program called Pinnacle Studio 14 (new to me).

Anyway, I changed out the tail servo on my Frenzy from a Fut 9254 www.servodatabase.com/servo/futaba/s9254 to a DS650 www.servodatabase.com/servo/align/ds650. The Futaba only handles a voltage of 4.8V. I'm using a blue lipo pack which is 11.1v. Because I had previously set the voltage on the CC BEC to 4.8V, it needed a change.

Using the Castle Link software, I changed the voltage from 4.8V to 6V. This is a video of how I did it.



My Cyclic servos: www.servodatabase.com/servo/hyperion/ds20x-smd
Throttle servo: www.servodatabase.com/servo/futaba/s3152

Tail servo comparison:
www.servodatabase.com/compare?servos=75,76,571,1013

Expensive doesn't always mean better or faster.

[akphill]

I put a durilite voltage regulator on mine runs 7.4 battery pack regulator steps it down to 5.8 volts tail runs a 9254 Futaba servo
no problems so far
just curious as to why you went with a slower servo for your throttle
than you did for your cyclic I went with the same speed servo on my throttle as I did on my cyclic

[Doozer]

It really wasn't by choice. I have a fourth Hyperion, but I need gears for it. I understand that pitch and throttle should have synergy, but the way I fly, there's no way I could notice a .06 of a second difference. So I'm not stressing it.

[Doozer]

As far as the voltage on the 9254... I read the special notes section for this servo and it said "This servo should only be operated with 4.8V volts." That was good enough for me. I do realize that real tolerances almost always differ from advised tolerances and I could probably bump that to 5.1V and not be too worried. 5.8v? I'd say that was pushing it, but I'm no Mr. Wizard when it comes to electronics.