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Castle Creations Castle BEC

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if you have an electric radio controlled car you probably have a BEC built into your electric speed controller ESC these usually have 5 to 6v output and about 2-3 amps

when pushing the model to its max sometimes the ESC starves its own internal BEC and your radio might glitch or if its a 2.4 ghz it will loose connection and have to rebind...not a good thing when your going fast as this can take seconds for communications to be reestablished

by mounting this bec directly to your batteries, it will not be starved for power, so the risk of the radio malfuktioning is much less, also this BEC is much more powerful, almost 10 amp at 6v this is a lot of power ! so even if you have very power hungry servos or are powering lights or something else this will do great

with power comes risks and you have to be very careful not to short it out, this unit has no short circuit protection, and will burst into flames if shorted, but this shouldnt be a problem

its fully programmable using the castle link usb device and a computer running the castle link software...this is unfortunately the only way to adjust it...many other BEC have jumpers to configure them...but with the computer you have the option of very finely tune the BEC in increments of 0.1v to get exactly the voltage you need

this thing is a switching power supply, and will emit radio frequency noise, so it should be mounted as far away from your receiver as possible, i mount mine next to my ESC, the wire coming out of it is pretty long and should leave you with plenty of options...use servo or double sided tape to mount

this will not only power your radio controlled models...but you can also use it for many other purposes, i have built a bicycle light system, where i use a 4S 14.8v lipo battery to power two P7 900 lumen LED's and a cree q5 red led...all powered by this little thing, those p7 led's are very powerful and the cree is no slouch either, but this little switching powersupply can feed them all 3, makes for a great bicycle light system with 1800 lumens in front and about 200 rearwards, it will have motorists notice you in traffic, making biking a bit safer in the dark

this thing can not output more volts than its fed so for a 6v application your battery should be more than 6v, if the current drops below the set voltages the output of this BEC will be lower as well

if your using it in wet applications you should shield it from moisture, thick divers silicone grease can keep water out or put a balloon around it

great product, definably recommended

This is the best insurance for your pricy RC plane. This regulator will provide enough amps to runs all the bells and whistles and suffer no voltage drops to cause your RC receiver to loose signal. Requires some soldering to install. Good investment.

Simply the best at what it does. I've tried others and cheaper models but this is the best. I have bought many of these.

Easy to install and works. This product is not exactly a toy but an electrical device. If you value you high price flying model, this item is a must to maintain control in case of engine failure.

Bought this for use on a Axial scx10 to try to correct some glitchy electronics. The CC BEC worked as it should, it just didn't help my electronics problem. No fault of the BEC, More of a cheaply made electronics set on the RTR scx10 kit. If your looking at BEC's then you know what your in for and this one does what it's made too