HOWTO Wiki Go Brushless Part 1
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The Brushless Motor – setup - Part 1
--Beenie 07:34, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
The Parts - total project cost $166 - I would shop around
I went with:
EFLM1000: Park 370 Motor 4100KV with Adapter Ring and 10T & 12T Pinions Click Here $48
AGNE35G: Align Mixer 35A BL ESC Gov Md, 5V BEC RCE-BL35G Click Here $54
Thunder Power: LiPo 1320 mAh/11.1V 13Ccont/20C burst (17A/27A) Click Here $55
2 PN 56211 Male B.E.C Connector Click Here 2 for $4
1 PN 56210 Female B.E.C Connector Click Here $2
1/16” Dia. Heat Shrink Tubing Click Here $1.50
1/8” Dia. Heat Shink Tubing Click Here $1.50
Soldering Gun
Solder
The Plan
This the plan how we are going to put everything together. Thanks Vector for submitting these images.
Soldering the Connectors
I took a small block of wood and drilled 5/32 hole just a little bit in. I took one of the gold connector and stick it in the hole. This made it easy for me. Make sure the bigger head is upright. The top should be cup like.
Heat up your soldering gun. Make sure it is heated all the way. Once heated up fill the cup end of the connector with solder. Don’t worry if it cools.
I did the black, blue, and red wire on the ESC first.
This can be a little tricky. Once the cup fills up a little, Hold the end of the wire and have it ready to stick in. Put the iron in the center until you see the solder melt, stick the end of the wire in fast and push it all the way in. This is REALY important that you push it all the way till it touches the bottom of the cup. You can get air pockets and the current will not be the best.
Blow on the wires because it gets a little hot. You do not want to damage the ESC.
Do the same for the other two wires. Now slide the heat shrink tube on.
Take a blow dryer and heat up the tubing so that the heat shrink tubes shrink over the connections.
Now we have two more wires that are red and black.
We need to solder a male and female BEC to these wires.
First slide some heat shrink tube over ESC black wire.
Now this can be tricky, but solder all three black wires together.
Slide the heat shrink tube down over the soldered piece and then shrink the tube.
Then do the same with the red wire.
The Female slot is for your battery, and the Male is to plug into your 4n1.
The Battery
The battery usaly comes with cut off ends of the wire so that you can attach a connector to your choice like your 3n1 or ESC. Remove one wires tape protection. Make sure you do not remove the other side tape. You do not want them to touch while soldering. You could kill your battery if they touch.
I started with the black wire. Cut 1/8” Heat shrink tube in half.
Slide it over one of the batterys wire.
Now solder the black BEC connector to the black battery wire. Slide the shrink tube over the soldered connection of the black wires. I recommend that you go ahead and shrink the tube that way the tube doesn’t slide while working on the red wire.
Now do the same for the red wire.
Here are the final pieces.
