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Toronto Electric Model Aviation Club (TEMAC) => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bobmic on December 18, 2012, 06:03:07 PM

Title: Question about BEC or UBEC etc.
Post by: Bobmic on December 18, 2012, 06:03:07 PM
Up until now I bought a number of BEC's from HK - different models but as far as I know all are rated to 3Amp even if some state 5Amp.
From what I have measured this current is more than enough for all my planes but wanted to get some opinions about Turnigy/HK BEC vs other manufacturers.
I like The ESC's I bought from HK up until now and I don't see a reasone to pay 3 times the price on somewhat similar performance from another brand.
However for BEC I might consider spending more within reasone as it is more of safety feature.

Thx.
Title: Re: Question about BEC or UBEC etc.
Post by: Ededge2002 on December 18, 2012, 08:17:34 PM
I have a Castle Creations 10Amp BEC.  its compact, not over the top expensive and the voltage output is programable.

best of all its available at any local hobby shop.    Never given me any reason to question it.
Title: Re: Question about BEC or UBEC etc.
Post by: piker on December 19, 2012, 01:31:40 PM
I've been buying the Castle BECs lately too.  I only need them in my larger planes where I feel better with the "much more than enough" current output.  The most recent one I just bought is for my SE5a.  The plane will weight about 20lbs, so I want to know my high torque servos can draw the power they need.

For smaler planes I get away with the built on BECs with the ESCs.  I haven't used BECs from HK yet.

Robert
Title: Re: Question about BEC or UBEC etc.
Post by: flying saucer on December 20, 2012, 07:42:21 AM
I like this one :)

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__24753__Turnigy_dlux_10A_10_60V_HV_SBEC.html (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__24753__Turnigy_dlux_10A_10_60V_HV_SBEC.html)