Adding capacitor banks to ESC

[jjrctech]

Would like to know why I see people adding Adding capacitors to ESC??? What does this help or Do for the ESC??

[dminnick]

Most people add capacitor banks to the ESC or reciever to help smooth the voltage sag that FE circuits see when under a heavy amp draw. The capacitor acts as a reservior to store current under lighter loads and then release current under heavier loads to even out voltage sag. Brownouts from sudden acceleration can actually cause some recievers to reset. This cause a blackout in reception and a loss of control. Capacitor banks can fix this problem. As far as calculating what capacitors to use for a given set up, consult an electronics theory book for formulas.

[jingalls007]

This thread helped me a little while back. http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...citator+bankls