Quick update. The Mini Tricopter Electronics kit will now come with the LittleBee30A ESC’s. After testing them properly it’s evident that they are more robust and better performing than the SN20A’s on the Mini Tricopter. They are slightly heavier but the benefits they bring, in my opinion, outweighs the small weight increase.
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Would they mount to the tricopter arms in the same way as the 20A ones?
Yup 🙂
Thanks for explain your great ideas , we are following you ! Best Regards !
can these be programmed via cleanflight passthru? and will they mount the same way? as they are slightly larger
Yes and yes
Nice, I still have 12A esc’s on my mini quad and I suspect that one of them are giving me some trouble so I’ll be upgrading to 20A sometime soon.
Btw, Your website is just getting better and better :).
Nice! Ordered some right away 🙂
Thank you Terje 😀
This means, we will soon see some one trying 6S on the mini tri. ^^
Oooo didn’t think about that! 😀 I sooooo want to do that 😀
Bet the stock motors can take 5S at least 🙂
Something like this maybe?
http://dinogylipos.com/6-cell-65c/159-5000mah-6s-65c
XD
That’ll make it right fast (or a smoking heap).
Does the built in BEC have a max voltage it can step down from?
Hmm, have to put a step down between the battery and camera as well then if using the Sony Effio 800TVL WDR
Hehe Yeah I think that would work well 😀
Yes the BEC does not like more than 4S. Use a switching BEC.
Yeah a step-down for the camera is a good idea as well 😀
Better try 5s first, see if the motors hold, before trying 6s. Possibly it will cap out on RPM on 5s anyway, only so many extra you can squeeze out before the gains get very small. They are rated for 289 watt, so they might get a bit hot if you slap on tri-blades as well. Still, pushing the envelope. XD
Hehe probably a good idea 😀
I’m super curious how it’s going to perform. I might set one up on the test bench just to see if I can burn one 😀
Haha, do it https://media.giphy.com/media/wi8Ez1mwRcKGI/giphy.gif
Oh yes, that would be useful, would one need to adjust the caps before/after the BEC when swapping to a higher battery voltage to catch bigger spikes?
Was thinking of using a Pololu D24V10F5 Step Down regulator 5 Volt 1A output, but those come without protective caps for LC voltage spikes.
Can you elaborate on how the LittleBee30A perform better than the SN20A? Wouldn’t the LittleBee20A be an option? Thanks 🙂
Tim, depends on the motors you use. If you go with the stock motors, then 20a will do the job. SN is good, but LittleBees have better performance because they use SiLabs processors and the build quality is superior. Now if you go with different motors, like Cobras 2208 or 2100kv you will like to use 30a, those motors drain more current.
So, if you already have the SN20a then stay with them, now if you want to have more speed using different motors and also best performance, do the upgrade. Totally recommended!
Thanks Juan! I will go with the 30A ESCs, for the sake of future compatibility with faster motors. 🙂
Any chance you’d make this part of the mini tricopter electronics kit and phase out the DYS 20 amp escs? Then there would be one ESC to rule them all 🙂
I am silly, after reading the comments I forgot that in the topic it said that the kit comes with these now, never mind! 🙂 this is an awesome update to the electronics kit!