After putting off the installation for weeks dreading breaking or setting fire to something I finally bit the bullet and installed all the electronic/mechanical bits into my Revell Corvette hull.
Having previously put the hull together, installed propshaft and rudder and sealed with fibreglass I had "water" tested it and confirmed that it at least floated and didn't leak....now the tricky bit.
I've never tackled anything like this before and reading the conflicting instructions on the ESC and receiver didn't help....(Which are you supposed to do first "bind"the receiver to the transmitter or "setup" the ESC?)....So I just did the receiver bit first and the the ESC...I got lots of flashing lights and in the end after changing channel leads around got the rudder to move left/right and the prop to run forwards/backwards.....after several attempts at running "setup" on the ESC I even got variable speeds out of the motor in both directions....What a relief, no explosions or fires...Now I can get on with the interesting bits of the build....
Here are a few photo's of the final installation, probably all wrong but at least it now works :-
Just one question :- The receiver ariel lead seems very short (Planet 2.4 GHZ), should I extend it or fit a longer one? or is it OK as it is?.
Regards
Alan