[NSRCA-discussion] How to safely arm/disarm your motor packs?

[John Fuqua]

Do not recommend power poles where they would spark when connecting the
battery.   There is only a small surface area of contact.  Over time they
will build up surface corrosion which causes high resistance which causes
voltage drop which causes apparent power loss.   Ask me how I know this to
be true!!!

 

From: NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Daniel Dupont via NSRCA-discussion
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 4:04 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] How to safely arm/disarm your motor packs?

 

Hello,

 

I don't used one and will never do unless it become a rule...theres no
reason to use one, instead I have a throttle that has a safety switch
assigned to on my Jeti radio, and that lock the throttle to no output and my
radio will not even power up unless that switch and others are in a safe
position, determined by me which I do program on all my planes even the
jet/edf planes.

 

As far as connection with a 10S or more..I used Power Pole connector and see
no problems with them connecting directly.

 

To me a arm/disarm switch/connector is just another possible point of
failure and I try to keep them at the minimum in my setup.

 

Regards

 

Daniel on MacBook Pro

 

From: lucky macy via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Reply-To: lucky macy <luckymacy at hotmail.com>, General pattern discussion
<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 2:11 PM
To: "nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] How to safely arm/disarm your motor packs?

 

 Hope the title isn't confusing nor do I wish to start any kind of
philosophical 'war' on pit area safety, etc.
 
I hear there are 10S pattern setups that don't use an external arming plug.
That seems unsafe to me to have the batteries connected to the motor without
an external physical circuit breaker but I'm probably overlooking some
capability that can be set up using a Futaba 14MZ.  With the advanced planes
that are a little awkward to a carry around armed and where the hatch has to
be screwed into the fuse for extra canalyzer security it seems like an
accident waiting to happen this way.
 
So for those that know how to relatively safely set this up could you pass
on the formula?  My new Mythos doesn't have an external arming plug and I'm
beginning to think I made a mistake.
 
thx,
lucky

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