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24 18A ESC on a 90mm quad seems like overkill to me! But it's not like the lower Amp 20x20 boards seem to save much noticeable weight...
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72 There would appear to be current sensors on this ESC. (The four components with the white square on them look like shunt resistors to me.) They also list 'current protection' in the features.
There may be telemetry. It's possible that they connect all the telemetry outputs together on the board though, in which case, the six wires are enough - four control signals, one combined telemetry signal plus signal ground.
Let us know what you find out when yours arrives lorentz!
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2 Thanks .Since there is no Bec six wires seems enough for telemetry. I think it will be a headache to wire it to fc because it seems they sell it without any manual/wiring scheme
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72 My guess is that the function of each wire in the six wire plug is printed on the side of the PCB that they don't show in the pictures.
Even if it isn't, once you get the board, it should be fairly easy to see where each of the wires go to.
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65 For the FVT-12Ax4, if it is anything like any of the other micro/mini ESC boards, likely something like this:
RED - BAT+
BLK - BAT-
WHI - S1
YEL - S2
BLU - S3
BRN - S4
Easiest way to figure it out is with a multimeter once powering with a lipo. Only 6 wires and 4 of them have to be signal. Without a BEC though, it is putting straight voltage through the RED/BLK, so an FC with integrated BEC would be best with it? Logic is not my best feature so if anyone follows my outline and lights something on fire...I did not do it!
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