Align voltage regulator

[SheffSean]

Evening all, i`ve bought and fitted an Align voltage regulator to my Raptor 30 but i`ve been told I need to fit a dropper by a mate, I have Futaba servo`s on my heli, do I need to fit a dropper with the Align voltage regulator, it`s the one with the glow start button, thanks.

Sean.

[sd330ml]

what voltage is your battery, and what voltage and power is your regulator

Stuart

[SheffSean]

Hi Stuart, i`m not sure mate, it`s the combo regulator with the LiPo`s if thats any help.

Sean.

[SheffSean]

I`ve just looked at FLP and the voltage is 5.8 volt for the servo`s/reciever if thats any help Stuart.

Sean.

[kroozing]

You will have to put a inline voltage dropper on every servo that is not 6v I had to do the same on my raptor.
Think they are about £5 from fast lads.

[rapidgaz]

I have never bothered, when I was using 1 of these, even when I used 9254's and the likes. Never had a problem. Most 4cell battery's are over 6 volt when fully charged. So 5.8 sedums good to me.

[davec_7]

I assume its this one? If it is I don't think you need to do anything if you are using a 2 cel 7.4v Lipo. I have used this on my S9254 and its been fine.

[foxypike]

I just run them as it is but i do drop my tail servo down

[moyesboy]

Hi Sean. The usual advice is to check the specs of the particular servos you are using. When I had a 9254 on the tail I used a step down for that but left all the other servos on 6v.

[foxypike]

Everyone at my club runs 6v for cyclics and steps tail down. as does most the pros

[Pabs]

It completely depends on the specs of the servos you use.
Futaba "generally" don't like 6v, especially the 9254 - and I have seen them burn out if used that way. Www.servosatabase.com should help you find out the specs of each servo you use and if it states 4.8v only you'll need a step-down on it.

[foxypike]

I use ds610. Remember they are always gonna under rate the voltage to aave on warrentys. alan szabo runs 6v and look how he punishes the heli. its up to you

[SheffSean]

Thanks guys, plenty of advice and avenues for me to look into, much appreciated, i`ll check the servo`s on my Raptor tomorrow, thanks again guys

Sean.

[Andy from Sandy]

Everyone at my club runs 6v for cyclics and steps tail down. as does most the pros

I don't think so. I suspect most of the pros have gone HV and run all the servos from a 2S lipo. Either that or they use servos that can run on 6 volts like most if not all of the brushless servos.

[sd330ml]

just run 5.8 supply on servos should be ok but check servos first and drop the tail I use this spektrum regulator which drops to 5.2 and runs fine

Spektrum VR5203 Dual Output Regulator SPMVR5203 [SPMVR5203]

Stuart