[NSRCA-discussion] Servo wire and battery questions

[Gerald Gallagher]

I am in Florida now. Good luck to you. I remember you were, or are are a
good flyer.
 
 

Jerry Gallagher

 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Ford
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo wire and battery questions


Yes Jerry,
Charlie pretty much taught me everything I know (or knew) about pattern,
although there were a half-dozen of us in KC that horse-raced the pattern
circuit in the mid-90's under Charlie's watchful eye.
Are you still in this area? If so, I'll run into you next season.
 
Regards,
 
John


Gerald Gallagher <ggall at bellsouth.net> wrote:

John are you from the KC Mo. area & know Charlie Reed? IN fact I think you
were more than a friend of Charlie's. 
 
 
Jerry Gallagher
 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Ford
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo wire and battery questions


Ed, Troy, Emory,
 
Thanks very much for your help. I will go in that direction.
Ed, I will look for your website, and discuss the reduncdant regulator
off-line.
 
Regards,
 
John


Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:

John:
You should not need any kind of signal buffer.  The main problem with long
leads is excessive voltage drop due to higher resistance if the wire gauge
is too light.  Just use 22AWG and also avoid any tin plated connectors and
you should be fine. Braided wire can be helpful, but isn't really necessary
most of the time.  
 
Re. the use of either Lithium Ion or Lithium Polymer batteries, yes, you
need a regulator.  The Jaccio works really well.  I also make regulators
that are adjustable and fill a niche if you have a need for redundant
batteries and want some additional flexibility in the setup.  Either
solution can work.  And you are correct that a 480 mAh pack isn't a lot of
capacity, however with a good LiPo, there ability to deliver current on
demand is more than adequate.  Capacity for some number of flights is the
bigger question.  
 
The electric powered pattern models use a very small amount of current in
flight because of the virtual elimination of vibration from the power plant,
so you will see guys going all weekend with a pair of 2S480 packs.  I still
fly glow and use a pair of 730mAh packs.
 
Ed
 
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Ford
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:10 PM
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Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo wire and battery questions
 
Hi all,
Return-to-pattern after a long time questions...
 
Question #1
I used to use JR servo amplifiers on servos to eliminate noise and ensure
strong signal over a long servo lead, especially to the back of the plane.
Few of these, if any, are available commercially now, so I assume that there
is little need for them any more? (Was never convinced they served a purpose
to begin with, but I had never built a plane without them, and never had a
problem)
I will be using JR 955 RX and digital servos. 
Maybe as simple an answer as "never an issue, regardless of servo wire
length".
Maybe I should twist my wires?
 
Question #2
I used to use nothing other than large SR nicads for the flight pack,
usually 1100mAh.
I notice that folks are now using Thunder Power Li-Po batteries, some as
small as 480mAh, and several around 800mAh.  Doesn't seem to be much
capacity to run six digitals.
I assume there is a Jaccio regulator to cut it down to 5V or so. Are Li-Pos
reliable enough that only one cell is used, or are some folks using a
SmartFly dual battery regulator that ignores one battery if it should fail?
 
I appreciate any calibration on what the "standard" setup might be. 
 
Thanks,
 
John
 
 
 
  

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