[NSRCA-discussion] 8- cells?

Ronald Van Putte vanputte at cox.net
Tue Mar 27 16:50:16 AKDT 2012


I think the biggest problem for 8S battery fliers will be vertical performance, especially late in the flight.

Ron

On Mar 27, 2012, at 7:38 PM, atwooddon at aol.com wrote:

> Keith, I think there was a recent thread on RCU discussing a 2M model with 8S. 
>  
> For same relative performance (minus weight impact) you will need to increase the amps by about 20-25% to get the same watts.  You would either need a motor with a higher kV or a higher pitched prop or both to get similar watts.
>  
> Don
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 2:06 pm
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] 8- cells?
> 
> Is anyone trying 8 cells this year in their 2 meter plane?
> 
> Keith Hoard
> Collierville, TN
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