Radium Performance

[tuckjohn]

Relevant thread, slightly outdated.

Parasitic current draw of various ESCs and accessories

Ever wonder if leaving your ESC on will drain your battery in a short amount of time? What about turning the ESC off? Is there still a risk? Does it depend on the ESC? Well, I measured a bunch of ESCs to try to add some real numbers to these questions. Types of switches ESCs aren’t easy to turn on and off. The capacitors along with high currents during use means a regular switch won’t last. There are three major approaches that designers take to turn an ESC on and off: Mosfet based “an…

Not sure what the newest generation of vescs are using.