Motor Costs Comparison (more pro-electric)

[Keith Hoard]

I believe I read that there are three levels of braking somewhere in the
instructions (from freewheeling to stopping the propeller).  There were
about 75 different options in the instruction manual and really not worth my
time to delve into to fly around a little foamy for fun.  However, a lot of
the options would be very interesting and helpful in a pattern scenario.  I
am sure that our electric power pioneers are very busy optimizing these new
cool programmable functions for the rest of us when we follow them in five
years.

 

Soon Radio South and Central Hobbies will be offering laptop computers
alongside LiPo battery chargers as necessary ground equipment. . . .

 

 

 

Keith L. Hoard

Cordova, TN

khoard at midsouth.rr.com

 

 

 

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From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Dean Pappas
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:11 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: Motor Costs Comparison (more pro-electric)

 

Thanks Keith,

I'm not terribly surprised: Mr. Castillo is a pretty smart fellow.

The question remains as to whether it shuts down, at most, in order to
reduce RPM, or whether it will try to apply active braking.

We want the braking.

 

Regards,

 

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of Keith Hoard
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 1:06 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: Motor Costs Comparison (more pro-electric)

Dean,

 

            The Castle Creations brushless speed controllers can be
programmed to function in an "RPM control" mode.  The programming was pretty
complex to get there, but the way I understand the instruction sheet, it
controls the juice to the motor to give you a linear RPM based on throttle
position. . . 

 

 

 

Keith L. Hoard

Cordova, TN

khoard at midsouth.rr.com

 

 

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