Anyway, these switch mode regulators have the unfortunate characteristic where they can fail, and when they do, can output the full battery voltage. This is "not good" for the 6v servos and receivers, both of which can run over $100 each. So, I was thinking of making a small and cheap catastrophic safety circuit that can be added to the output to keep this from happening. Size and weight in these vehicles is a concern, so the device has to be small and light. Yeah, the BEC is still toast in either of these solutions, but at least we've saved the expensive stuff downstream.
Obviously, the best solution would be to have these makers put some type of protection in their products, but until they do, we have to do what we can.
Any ideas, suggestions, comments?
Edit: Sorry, I just realized I might have posted this in the wrong area...