Cc3d and Emax Simonk Series 12A ESC

[Allen Williams]

Hi guys ordered all my gear from bang good to build a 250 quad. I';ve decided to go with the open pilot cc3d board (crazy price of £11) and the Emax Simonk Series 12A ESC';s.

My question is am I right in thinking on 1 esc I leave all 3 wires to the cc3d board (+ - and signal) and on the other three esc';s I just have the signal wires connected I.e remove the + and - ?

Thanks in advance Al

[guest325]

I think you';re right,  but you don';t need to remove the redundant wires, just plug the lead in the other way round if you';ve got room!

[Allen Williams]

Ah yes thank you

[tupoar]

You can have all 4 fully connected if you really can';t be bothered to mess about with wires. Ideal to have one though but it shouldn';t break anything unless you';re unlucky.

[DebianDave]

You can leave all + and gnd wires on. Iirc only the M1 pins are hooked up on the FC power regulator

[quadfather]

Regarding those ESCs (I have the same), they are allegedly able to provide 1A from the BEC.  I found that powering my Naze32 with RX attached was running the ESC warm when idle.  After a few minutes of flight it got too hot to touch.  Motor is an EMAX MT1806-2280Kv.

I have since moved to using a dedicated UBEC to power the FC.

[flybywire]

Allen, you are correct, that is the open pilot recommended way, it';s also less wires to connect!

[Allen Williams]

Thanks guys I can';t wait to start building! Just the big wait from bang good now! Some how I don';t think it will be here in the 4-7 days they said lol