Fw: Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals

[Richard Strickland]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Strickland" <richard.s at allied-callaway.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals


> Mike,C50XL14 6.7:1, Master 90 Acro--I think it's the same set-up most of
the
> geared Hacker guys are using.  Each half pack weighs 16.5 oz. with about
3.5
> oz for the DPMs.  These are beta test units--I still had to buy them.  I
> think I'm getting a little better charge off the power supply at home than
> the deep-discharge battery at the field--so I broke down and bought a
> companion for it.  I use too much full throttle--that's why I asked the
> question about possibly adding an indentation for stick position last week
> as a reminder to cool it much of the time.  I experimented last night with
> keeping my foot out of it, so to speak, and it went to roughly the same
> spot--just slower.  The power used seems proportional to distance
> traveled--which makes sense--you're going to use a certain amount of
energy
> one way or another to get to your destination.  I don't know that the
> 'get-there-more-efficiently-at-55' rule applies to airplanes in
aerobatics.
> This little journey has certainly proven to be the most interesting in my
> modeling years.  Things seem to be more measurable.  I may not win
anything
> this year--but I've had more fun.  Funny how that huge prop looks pretty
> normal now....
>
> Richard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MKMSG" <mkmsg at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals
>
>
> > Richard:  I've never experimented to see if brake on or off made a
> > difference.  Perhaps the ESC makes use of the back emf from the motor
> > differently when set to brake off vs brake on....an interesting thought.
> > I've not heard of the Kokam 10S1p pack before.  Lithium polymer packs
are
> > being redesigned faster than I can buy them!!  TP went from the Gen2, to
> the
> > Lites, to the Pro Lites, and now to the new 5S4P (not sure what they're
> > called) in a relatively short period.  What is the weight of the Kokam
> > 10s1P, and how much full throttle do you use during a flight?  Are you
> > flying with a Hacker C50?
> >
> > Mike
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Strickland" <richard.s at allied-callaway.com>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals
> >
> >

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