Is copper wire degradation over time or over temperature an issue with RC?
Recently stripping some unused copper wire in my stash coming upon evidence of corrosion or oxidation-e.g., 'black wire'.
Is it time to purge the 13Ga super-flex in the stash and replace it with all new wire? Some of the stash wire is 15+ years old. Is there signal leakage or higher resistance unseen in old copper wire used for RC applications?
How about re-wiring older RCs with new wire for improved performance? Worth the hassle?
What is the future of copper wire in RC? Is there a better option on the horizon for the future? An application worth waiting for before beginning to refresh all the copper in the RC car stable?
F.O. (fibre-optics) comes to mind as a transmission medium. Think that will ever happen at the niche level of RC electronics? If nothing else, F.O. over copper would save a bunch of connectivity weight, esp. seeing 10Ga and 8Ga wire seeing increasing use. That wire adds a lot of weight and also levers the ESC unnecessarily requiring more substantial mounting methods.
Recently put a bucket load of wire on the wish list. Like to get you guys' thoughts before hitting the buy button.
Cheers and Regards. 'AC'
Recently stripping some unused copper wire in my stash coming upon evidence of corrosion or oxidation-e.g., 'black wire'.
Is it time to purge the 13Ga super-flex in the stash and replace it with all new wire? Some of the stash wire is 15+ years old. Is there signal leakage or higher resistance unseen in old copper wire used for RC applications?
How about re-wiring older RCs with new wire for improved performance? Worth the hassle?
What is the future of copper wire in RC? Is there a better option on the horizon for the future? An application worth waiting for before beginning to refresh all the copper in the RC car stable?
F.O. (fibre-optics) comes to mind as a transmission medium. Think that will ever happen at the niche level of RC electronics? If nothing else, F.O. over copper would save a bunch of connectivity weight, esp. seeing 10Ga and 8Ga wire seeing increasing use. That wire adds a lot of weight and also levers the ESC unnecessarily requiring more substantial mounting methods.
Recently put a bucket load of wire on the wish list. Like to get you guys' thoughts before hitting the buy button.
Cheers and Regards. 'AC'