Would a receiver directly run a brushed motor?

[biggman100]

As the title says, can I directly run a 5V brushed motor from one of the receiver channels? I'm building a winter project truck with a plow and salt spreader, and I'm hoping I can run the salt spreader's 5V motor directly from the receiver, instead of running dual ESC's.

 

[Cheetah928]

As the title says, can I directly run a 5V brushed motor from one of the receiver channels? I'm building a winter project truck with a plow and salt spreader, and I'm hoping I can run the salt spreader's 5V motor directly from the receiver, instead of running dual ESC's.

Well how does it work? What reciver are you running, and are you going to have anything to control if it is on or off? Also I have a plow for my trx-4, and out of curiosity, what does your rig look like? What are you using to raise and lower the plow?

 

[Tunedfrog]

I don't see why it wouldn't after you change the plug. A servo is nothing more than a motor.

 

[Beer_Goggles_RC]

the BEC and receiver would need to be rated for the current load of the motor. But without a relay or something to modulate the motor on or off it will run constantly off BEC voltage as receivers do not contain relays, they only provide power and signal

 

[tudordewolf]

As the title says, can I directly run a 5V brushed motor from one of the receiver channels? I'm building a winter project truck with a plow and salt spreader, and I'm hoping I can run the salt spreader's 5V motor directly from the receiver, instead of running dual ESC's.

There's RC "switches" that are basically mini on/off ESC's, the smallest ones run directly off the receiver power so you wouldn't need to divert any wires from the battery. On an aux channel this would work like you're imagining, provided the 5v motor doesn't draw more than 1-2A.

 

[biggman100]

I'm using a CEN Racing Sicario:

https://www.cenracingusa.com/products/8995-sicario-1-10-rtr-4wd-custom-truck-grey-titanium

The plow I'm getting raises and lowers and angles. It's supposed to be here Monday, but this is the one I bought:

https://a.co/d/9VRwBZX

I'm also working on a 3D printed salt spreader for it.

 

[biggman100]

For the motor, I'm thinking of using something like this:

https://a.co/d/b5mstEq

Just a simple, basic, cheap 2 wire 5V brushed motor to run under the spreader to spread the salt. I plan on controlling on and off from one of the radio channels.

This is one of the ideas I'm looking at:

If not that one, then this one:

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/salt-spreader-lite-1-14-and-1-10-scale-for-rc-models

Another idea was a servo that does 360 degree rotation.