[NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane
John Gayer
jgghome at comcast.net
Wed May 9 11:20:13 AKDT 2012
If you are ever in doubt about Keith pulling your leg, he is and without
regulation.
On 5/9/2012 1:03 PM, Ronald Van Putte 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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto:jgghome at comcast.net>
>>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>> <mailto: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 <mailto:vanputte at cox.net>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:38 PM
>>> *To:* General pattern discussion
>>> <mailto: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 <mailto:vanputte at cox.net>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 08, 2012 6:16 PM
>>> *To:* General pattern discussion
>>> <mailto: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
>>> <http://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
>>> <mailto: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 <http://tds.net/>"
>>> <ronclark at tds.net
>>> <mailto: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
>>> <mailto:ronclark at tds.net>
>>> Thanks...Ron
>>>
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