I understand that my receiver gets its power from the ESC which in turn is fed by the 7.2volt Ni-Cd battery. Do you all feel that powering the whole kit and caboodle from that one battery is OKAY? If that is the case many of my (imagined) problems are solved. Will the voltage regulator in the ESC withstand the added amperage? If it will then other potential problems disappear.

I still think I need two batteries. One to power the car. The other to power the microchip. The Ni-Cd runs dry after a few high speed runs of the car. It must be recharged. When used as I have been imagining by middle school students it will run down quickly. What happens to all the information in the PIC while I swap batteries?

Ken

I anxiously await the arrival of my PICkit.

Ken