Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals

[MKMSG]

Richard:  I once asked Tony Frackowiac how he managed the throttle on his PL 
Partner.  He indicated that full throttle was used only for verticals.  In 
horizontal flight, only 1/3 throttle or even less was used.  Like you, I've 
found electrics to be a real "shot in the arm"....a fascinating advance in 
technology that has really increased my motivation.  I've been 
building/flying glow powered models for over 55 years and finally sold all 
of my glow motors/accessories a few years ago to begin the transition to 
electric....and I haven't looked back!!  Hope the Kokams continue to give 
you good service.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Strickland" <richard.s at allied-callaway.com>
To: "NSRCA" <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:21 AM
Subject: Fw: Electric Weight: with or without batteries at US Nationals


>
> ----- 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
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>> 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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