Flight Pack or BEC

[Al Tulone]

I usually run flight packs on all my 700 size machines. Where are you guys mounting your flight packs on the E7se or are you using an external BEC.

[Chris Wall]

So far I have put mine (Pulse Ultra 3600 2S) on top of the main pack up front.  I have also seen pictures of a small GensAce underneath between the support beams, and on the side up front with velcro and a strap.

[Rodney Kirstine]

I was using a flight pack. I had it mounted to the side of the frame near the tail boom.  I didn't really care for that and I recently installed a Gryphon Quasar BEC.  I'm really liking not having to keep track of a second set of batteries and whether I've charged them or how many flights I have on them.

[Jean-Luc Bolduc]

Running a small 1300 rx pack strapped to the back tray. Good for 3-4 flights on bls servos. Real easy to swap them.

[flyalan]

I use the Internal BEC on the Jeti Mezon in combination with a Scorpion BUG.
I have run a 2S lipos and found that to help with the CG it was best to strap them to the side at the front of the right frame using velcro and a scorpion strap.


Cheers
Alan

[Kevin Dalrymple]

I am running a WR Hercules  BEC.  I mounted it under the ESC tray. Works great. I used a BEC to save weight.

E7 with 5300 MHA packs, CC 160 and scorpion 4525 520 motor and 716 rails. I am at 11.5 lbs.

I have some other weight saving stuff in the works. My target is 11 lbs with the 5300 batteries.

[Jon Mills]

BEC are great unless you have a rare esc failure then a receiver pack is what you probably wished you had.  If you can't run 2s lipo straight then a Life pack would be the answer.  Redundancy is good.

[Brandon Bartolomucci]

While most people would probably see it as over kill and another point of failure I am double redundant. I have a receiver pack that feeds into a BEC which is NOT connected to the main flight pack. I have it set at 6.0 volts running to HV servos. This way I still have regulation while not stressing the BEC or servos. Makes me feel more comfortable.


Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci

[flyalan]

I like a BEC.  The BUG gives me the redundancy.  I have done it both ways.  Different strokes for different folks.
That is what I like about this hobby.  Nothing is set in stone

Cheers
Alan