[NSRCA-discussion] Mezon with BEC option

[Patrick Harris]

Peter,

That's true, but in the setup I use, I have to plug it in to supply power
as the Throttle Tech side is dropped to zero voltage.



On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com> wrote:

> The "other feed" you are referring to is the telemetry feed from the
> Mezon, the fact that it carries power as well is just gravy, that's not
> it's design intent.
>
> If you aren't flying with Mezon telemetry, you are really missing out.  I
> never use a timer for my flights anymore, just an alarm on mAh consumed.
>
> Peter+
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Patrick Harris via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>> Likewise. I have hundreds and hundreds of flights with the Mezon 90,
>> Throttle Tech and Ed's PLR5 regulator in several airplanes. I run the BEC
>> at 8 volts and just leave the PLR5 at the factory 6.2 volts. I run 250 and
>> 350 packs for the backup on the regulator. Every flight I check both sides.
>> I turn on the regulator first until the servos kick in. I then turn it off
>> and plug in the big batteries. When the BEC kick's in I flip the regulator
>> switch back on.
>>
>> One thing that is interesting is the Mezon BEC has two feeds to split the
>> voltage to the receiver. When you run the throttle feed into the Throttle
>> Tech, it isolates the voltage at the output to zero so you still need to
>> plug in the other feed from the BEC into the receiver. The Throttle Tech
>> side gives the receiver throttle input data, and the other feed supplies
>> power to the receiver.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Robert Green via NSRCA-discussion <
>> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For the guys who are running the Mezon 90 with BEC, can you talk about
>>> your experience?  Are you using a battery back up along with the BEC?  are
>>> you able to use the Ed Alt Throttle tech with your set up?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks in advance!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
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