Transmitter battery mod to Futaba 9 ZAP

[Chuck Czarnik]

How low do you folks take them before you stop flying?  An
Futaba-sponsored pilot in my area takes his 9z down to the low voltage
alarm before he changes batteries.. Not as cycling, mind you, but in
flight.  I've seen him walk off of the flight line with TX beeping low
battery...   I have never had the courage to keep a plane in the air
past about 9.3 V.  I think it starts beeping at about 8.6?  What's a
generally accepted cutoff?

	-----Original Message-----
	From: JWBURDIN at aol.com [mailto:JWBURDIN at aol.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:35 PM
	To: discussion at nsrca.org
	Subject: Re: Transmitter battery mod to Futaba 9 ZAP
	
	
	Just to add to Tony's info.  A good 1100 mah battery in the ZAP
will drop to about 9.7 pretty quickly, however it will stay at 9.7 to
9.6 for a long time.  This is still more than you really need.
	
	JB
	

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