[NSRCA-discussion] Battery going bad?

[Jay Marshall]

I grew up there. It has snowed.

 

Jay Marshall

 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ronald Van
Putte
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:52 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery going bad?

 

Yeah, Rob is correct.  When we arrived at the field for the contest in
January 2010, there was frost on the grass!  For those who don't know
Florida, it's just south of Orlando and about 200 miles north of Miami.

 

We (me especially) had problems with cold batteries.

 

Ron

 

On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Robert Campbell wrote:





Lakeland contest, February 2010!  I was there!

 

 

Rob

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From: Ronald Van Putte <mailto:vanputte at cox.net> 

To: General pattern discussion <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 

Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:35 AM

Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery going bad?

 

Cold?  What's that?  Oh yeah, I have dim memory of that sensation.

 

Ron

40-year Northwest Florida resident

 

On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:01 AM, Jim Quinn wrote:





Hi Bob,

 

Could it be that your battery was just too cold?

I've had that happen.

As the season progresses and our batteries get a lot of use, and they, like
us, get a little tired from time to titme.

 

If that happens again unplug the battery wait a minute or two and plug it in
again.

When I've done that it goes back to one beep.

I warm it up a little and fly my whole sequence.
 

Jim Quinn

 

 


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From: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>
To: Generalpatterndiscussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Mon, September 17, 2012 10:58:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery going bad?

A lot of good ideas, thanks.  

 

Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com


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From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
To: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>; General pattern discussion
<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery going bad?

 

Could be something as simple as a bad connector on the battery. Double check
it, clean it and tighten up the tension on it if possible.

Bob R.


 

From: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>
To: Generalpatterndiscussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:32 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery going bad?

 

I had something happen Saturday that is new for me . . . .   I was going to
put up a flight with my 62" Osiris for a club airshow, I advanced the
throttle to take off, the plane accelerated, then the motor quit.  The
Castle Controller was emitting two beeps, indicating a low voltage error.
One of the club members had a meter that measures individual cell voltages
and everything looked OK.  I used another pack to put up a flight with no
issues.

 

When I got home I discharged the suspect pack and recharged it.  I flew it
yesterday and it seemed to work OK.  I was practicing(!) some maneuvers
repeatedly and the pack quit unexpectedly again, but it may have been my
fault for not paying attention to the flight time.

 

Is this a sign of pending failure?  The pack has maybe 30 cycles on it.  I
have had other packs get puffy and weak but this pack is rock solid.   The
pack is a Rhino 5S 5000mAH 25C pack.

 

Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com


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