[NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane

Wed May 9 11:06:31 AKDT 2012

Ron,

    You don't trust your DIP packaging?

Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
khoard at gmail.com

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:

> Sometimes it's hard to tell when Keith is pulling your leg.  This is one
> time.
>
> Ron
>
> On May 9, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Keith Hoard wrote:
>
> Ron,
>
>    If you've been doing a lot of flying in the winter months, humidity can
> build up inside the DIP packages of some Chinese made electronics and
> affect the silicon.  The fix is to remove the device each night from your
> plane and seal it inside an airtight container filled with either dry rice
> or desiccant beads to remove the humidity from the DIP package that
> protects the silicon components.  You only need to do this October thru
> March . . . something about the combination of temperatures at your
> latitude and humidity.
>
> Keith Hoard
> Collierville, TN
>
> On May 9, 2012, at 10:56, Joe Lachowski <jlachow at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  All I gotta say is, I buy American whenever possible<g>. Especially in
> this case.
>
>  ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 11:45:07 -0600
> From: jgghome at comcast.net
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane
>
> Ron,
> Did you use the same input plug for both lipos? If so, all I can say is
> that it only costs $14. If not, there may be some frontend circuitry in
> there that somehow establishes a secondary and a primary battery input to
> the single regulator.
> John
>
> On 5/9/2012 8:53 AM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
>
>
> When I did the test, only one lipo at a time was hooked up to the separate
> switch/regulator inputs.  The output voltages were different, which I
> attributed to tolerances in two regulators within the device.  If there
> really is only one regulator in the switch/regulator, I cannot understand
> why there's a difference in output voltages.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
>  On May 8, 2012, at 8:12 PM, John Gayer wrote:
>
>  You are still only reading the regulator output from one of the lipos
> and both outputs would have to be the same.
> Ed is saying the single regulator dual outputs are not independent as they
> would be if you used two tech-aero or jaccio regulators.
> Sounds like a good system to have on a smaller cheaper aircraft than our 2
> meter pattern planes. Gives you redundant batteries but not redundant power
> systems. You are now reliant on a single point of failure 14 dollar
> regulator.
> John
> On 5/8/2012 5:01 PM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
>
> Any comments from Jim Oddino?
>
>
>  On May 8, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Ed Alt wrote:
>
>    Not necessarily.
>
>
>  *From:* Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>  *Sent:* Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:38 PM
> *To:* General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane
>
> Hmmmm.  I wonder why I measure different voltages when I switch on the two
> 2S lipo batteries at different times.  If it had a single regulator, I
> would think the output voltage would be the same, no matter which battery
> was chosen.
>
> Ron
>
>  On May 8, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Ed Alt wrote:
>
>   It’s actually a dual output single regulator that can switch between
> two power sources.  It provides two leads from the same internal source, so
> only the battery side of things has any redundancy.
>
> Ed
>
>  *From:* Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:16 PM
> *To:* General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane
>
> Ron - It is a dual regulator/switch which allows you to hook up two lipo
> batteries and have them separately regulated to 5.9 volts and use one or
> both of the outputs.  Look here:
>
> http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=16811
>
> I sell them for under $20.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
>  On May 8, 2012, at 4:42 PM, ronclark tds.net wrote:
>
>  Hey Ron, rusty and old, but I'm going to give it another try. Emory
> Schroeter told me about a dual regulator for the receiver pack that you are
> selling, what's the scoop?
>
> Ron
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Ron:  Buy it and our old fingers can duke it out again.  I look
> forward to having you on the contest trail again.
>
> Ron
>
>  On May 3, 2012, at 11:24 PM, AC Glenn wrote:
>
>  Hey Ron I have a Ca Models Visa for sale ready to fly and would be more
> than happy to drive it down to your place.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 3, 2012, at 7:39 PM, "ronclark tds.net" <ronclark at tds.net> wrote:
>
>  I'm looking for a used pattern plane. It's been about 10 years since my
> last contest,   and I want to give these old fingers another chance. I'm
> looking for a fixed gear 2m design, and plan to do an electric setup. I can
> convert a methanol burner if necessary.  I live in Nashville,tn., avoiding
> shipping would be good. Please reply off line to: ronclark at tds.net
>
>
> Thanks...Ron
>
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