R/C Naval Combat

I have seen recently a Team Delta RCE200 used to activate a bilge pump instead of a micro switch and servo.  It was on a 380 motor.  Do you think it is possible to do something like that with a 540 or 550 motor out of curiousity?  I saw jadfers VU used 4 RCE200, and a RCE210 and 220.  I am not sure if he used one of the RCE200 for his bilge pump.

And, remeber, if something jams the impeller or corrosion sets in, a 550 can draw over 85A (yes, eighty-five) according to the manufacturer's spec sheet.

Amnother thought that works well for me - an inexpensive ESC.  Some of the aircraft-type, forwards only, ESCs are uite compact and very reasonably priced.  Take the shrinkwrap off, scotchkote, and re-shrinkwrap and you are donw.  For smaller pumpsm I have found aircraft ESCs for substantially cheaper than the Team Delta switch.  Plusm it gives you more of a soft start with many ESCs, which may help with vapor lock.  Also, if you have it on a proportional channel, you can throttle the pump back and ease it back up to deal with vapor lock,

Of course all ESC techniques/caveats apply.  If you are not familiar - read both the article on ESCs "ESCs: Lessons Learned" on the NTXBG knowledgebase and the manufacturer's instructions.  KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE RED WIRE! and, of course size it to the motor draw properly.

Cheers,

Actually, you can use a RCE200 TD board, but you have to think out of the box with it. In the past I  used  RCE200 for Guns, RCE210 for pump and the RCE 220 for drive. But that gets expensive quick for keeping spares. So, I standaradized on RCE 200 and use three ($2) relays (2 for Drive and one for pump). So now if a motor locks up and "welds" a relay, it only costs $2 instead of $30+ and takes about 5 minutes or less to replace.

Rob

PS: I've burnt out (2) Johnson 550 motors and the relays are still kicking. :-)

I like those connectors so much better. Those little pins are so hard to work with. I was considering having circuit boards made so that I could simplify the mounting and connecting of the unit.

Thanks again for the help.