How to bypass the receiver if using a Castle or other BEC

Some manufacturers use 6V for the reciever, mainly Traxxas. If you want to use a higher voltage for the servo while keeping the 6V for the receiver, here’s a simple video showing how it’s connected. In this video, I bypass the receiver and power it with a 6V battery while powering the steering servo to 7.4V.

[@scottdill3268]

Thanks for the great video. i want to do this set up. Do you mind doing a quick video of how you set up your BEC? Showing which wires go where on your Sledge and where you put the BEC etc. Would be helpful. I think I need to do this to speed up the slow servo on both my sledges.

[@dgitalchaos]

I no longer have the Sledge. I’m trying to remember how it was wired, but without having it in front of me, I can’t visualize it.

[@scottdill3268]

@@dgitalchaos ok must appreciated. I just want to get all the wires exact. I have never done a BEC.

[@dgitalchaos]

@@scottdill3268 it should be the same as the video, but instead of using the battery like I did, pretend the battery is the ESC and put it in channel 2. Don’t forget that Traxxas receivers have two channel 1.

[@gabrielgoldwoulfe2277]

Tell me more about that Hidden Valley Ranch...

[@dgitalchaos]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch_dressing

[@rickwarde9821]

Castle esc can be changed to put out the 7.4 volts, right?

[@dgitalchaos]

Yes, from 5V to 9v, but requires the CasteLink and a PC. The newer one can be programmed via a Bluetooth module.

[@gabrielgoldwoulfe2277]

Is the Traxxas what the Baja Bandit was?

[@dgitalchaos]

I honestly have no idea.