I'm sitting here looking at my new Castle Creations Talon 60 that just arrived.  As with most electric stunters, the electric system on my new plane involves some magic, the old 10 pounds of poop in a 5 pound bag.  In the back of my mind, I hear this little voice telling me that I should not shorten any of the wires coming out of the ESC.  However, shortening the wires would make everything fit just so much better.   I wanted to check before starting surgery.  Is it OK to shorten the leads or should I leave them alone?  I'm looking at shortening the three wires that go to the motor and the two wires that go to the battery/arming switch.

Thanks

Vince

Yup, snip away!  I generally don't cut the motor leads because I want them to be "box stock" so I can just get another one and use it right away if I need to.

Just don't make the battery leads longer without adding some capacitance at the ESC.

Does this apply to adding an arming plug between the battery and ESC?

Start here for ideas.

http://www.castlecreations.com/en/accessories-5/cc-cap-pack-011-0002-02

then the long but informative read

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?952523-too-long-battery-wires-will-kill-ESC-over-time-precautions-solutions-workarounds

Crist, how do you protect your ESC from the soldering heat when you cut your leads so short?  Some type of a heat sink?

Thanks

No.  I just solder it up.  I use a good 60 watt iron.  Can't use those punky 30 watt irons.