ESC size

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

Will 20A ESC's be enough for the BR2205 @ 2300KV motors with 5" props?

Lost my drone yesterday and after that I'm trying to build another with smaller/minimal parts until I get more confident. I had 30A running on the one I lost, these are a bit cheaper

Thanks

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

Oh no Solly, that sucks big time.
Definitely ok with 3s but not sure about 4s. Virtue or Randy or Futura will be able to confirm though. And others on here. How did you lose it?

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

Wayno52 said:
How did you lose it?

After alot of configuring and double checking everything I got the courage up yesterday to put the props on and go for it. The first flight was short (acro mode), slammed it into the ground 10 metres in front of me lol. Props got a bit chewed up so I changed props to be safe and went again. This time in angle mode. It was flying awesome (**** myself how fast it was lol). Then I lost orientation and trying to bring it back made it go further out. I have to say at this point that I was not flying FPV as I'm waiting for a new VTX that I blew up (another story). So as soon as I lost visual of it, i killed the motors. My thought was that if I didn't, it would've kept going and I'd have no hope in finding it. Searched all yesterday and this morning (in between orange trees) where I thought i last saw it but no joy. Could be sitting on top of a tree atm, who knows.

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

I would like to know though, was it the right thing to do? or not? I mean by killing the motors I mean. I think my decision was mixed between panic and a bit of reasoning as I mentioned, but not sure what others think would've been the best thing to do

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

Ah yeah los is a totally different ball game. Very easy to get disoriented. Not the first and won’t be the last person to lose a bird that way unfortunately.

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

Tough one to answer that. Depends on los confident I guess. When I fly los which is not very often because I personally enjoy fpv more, I keep it fairly low and close.

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

Do you have enough spares to rebuild?

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

Wayno52 said:
Do you have enough spares to rebuild?

Nuh, trying to be nice to the wife to re order lol. I have vtx and receivers ordered from before this, and i still have my cam as I took it off before flying because there was no point having it on there since i had no vtx. So the plus, i still have the cam.lol

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

Might be just as cheap and faster to buy a bnf model and keep the spares? What bird was it?

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

I may have already asked you but where are you?

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

Wayno52 said:
Might be just as cheap and faster to buy a bnf model and keep the spares? What bird was it?

Martian 2 frame with an aio fc esc

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

Wayno52 said:
I may have already asked you but where are you?

South Australia

Solly747400 · Jan 27, 2018

Wayno52 said:
Might be just as cheap and faster to buy a bnf model and keep the spares?

Can you suggest any good ones?

VirtueViolater · Jan 27, 2018

20 amp ESC's will work fine

Wayno52 · Jan 27, 2018

Really depends on budget and how soon you want it?

Solly747400 · Jan 28, 2018

I've just been looking at the micros. There are a few that can be bound with the Taranis. Maybe I should take this road for now to get some confidense on the sticks

Wayno52 · Jan 28, 2018

Sure, a lot of people are into the micros now. Just make sure you go brushless or you’ll be replacing motors more than flying.
Just remember if you already have a few batteries, you’ll need to buy smaller ones. Pretty cheap but you’ll need a few.
What are you keen on? In micro

Solly747400 · Jan 28, 2018

Wayno52 said:
Sure, a lot of people are into the micros now. Just make sure you go brushless or you’ll be replacing motors more than flying.
Just remember if you already have a few batteries, you’ll need to buy smaller ones. Pretty cheap but you’ll need a few.
What are you keen on? In micro

I was looking at the q95x or the bat. But since you said don't go brush motors i guess the bat is out