[NSRCA-discussion] Heat Sinks

[Earl Haury]

Bob

My thought is that packs setting on something thermally conductive rather than insulating seems better. Love your CO2 cartridge idea - wonder if AMA would consider that a "gaseous boost".

Earl 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Richards 
  To: General pattern discussion 
  Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Heat Sinks


        I've been thinking about this, and I think the best way would be sandwich thin pieces of aluminum between the cells and extend past the edge of the pack. But I'm not sure I like the idea of placing anything electrically conductive between the cells. Best to provide an air space between the cells and duct the cooling air between them.

        Of course, if you really want some wow-factor in the setup, you would have a thermostatically controlled cowl flap that only opens up once the pack starts to go beyond the optimum temperature. Maybe even an emergency cooling system - a small CO2 cartridge from an air rifle might do. ;-)

        Bob R

        --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Jay Marshall <lightfoot at sc.rr.com> wrote:



          The idea of a real heat sink, maybe with the fins as part of the skin of the plane and in the airstream, and the LiPo cell edges bonded to the sink with thermal compound, has some merit and may require some investigation – if cooling is what we really want.



       



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