<div dir="ltr">Maybe someone needs to have Coors make a label for your batteries. . . when they're charged and ready to fly it turns the color of the Rocky Mountains. . .<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Anthony Romano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anthonyr105@hotmail.com">anthonyr105@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Packs come off charger and get a rubber band over them. When the go in the plane rubber band comes off. Same concept less bread.<br><br><br><br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net" target="_blank">vanputte@cox.net</a><br>> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:51:25 -0500<br>> To: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><div class="Ih2E3d">
<br>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESVs for flight pack lipos?<br>> <br></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> A friend was putting Lipos into his airplane and I noticed he took <br>> one of those plastic tags, like are used to seal of the ends of the <br>
> bags covering loaves of bread, off the positive lead of the battery. <br>> I asked him what that was all about. He explained that he put the <br>> tags on the battery leads after he'd charged the batteries. If he <br>
> didn't find a plastic tag, the battery wasn't charged. That way he <br>> only needs one ammo can to keep Lipos in.<br>> <br>> Ron VP<br>> <br>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, John Pavlick wrote:<br>
> <br>> > I use a really simple method to avoid this problem. I have 2 cases <br>> > for my batteries. One is the "charged and ready" case and the other <br>> > is the "I just flew these" case. Battereis come OUT of the charged <br>
> > and ready case and go INTO the plane. When you land, the batteries <br>> > come OUT of the plane and go INTO the other case. The logic for <br>> > charging is opposite that of flying. As long as you don't put the <br>
> > batteries in the wrong case, it works. You have to develop a habit <br>> > but it's not too difficult. Works for me and it costs nothing.<br>> ><br>> > John Pavlick<br>> ><br>> > --- On Fri, 8/29/08, James Oddino <<a href="mailto:joddino@socal.rr.com" target="_blank">joddino@socal.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > From: James Oddino <<a href="mailto:joddino@socal.rr.com" target="_blank">joddino@socal.rr.com</a>><br>> > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESVs for flight pack lipos?<br>> > To: "General pattern discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
> > Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 4:22 PM<br>> ><br>> > Hi Gordon,<br>> ><br>> > I suspected that. I was thinking of building a gadget that lit up <br>> > an LED if the voltage was over 41 or so. It could be very <br>
> > inexpensive and could save a set of expensive batteries. I have <br>> > seen more than one guy take off with batteries they thought they <br>> > had charged. They found out only when the voltage had dropped too <br>
> > low. I almost did it once but I had an Eagle Tree TM system and <br>> > checked the voltage before I took off. I don't always use the ET <br>> > so it would be nice to have another painless way to know the packs <br>
> > are charged.<br>> ><br>> > Jim<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Aug 29, 2008, at 6:16 AM, Gordon Anderson wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> Jim,<br>> >><br>> >> The maestro will not accept a 42 volt input. It was designed as a <br>
> >> flight pack testing system and includes a programmable battery <br>> >> load. It will calculate and display the packs internal resistance <br>> >> as well.<br>> >><br>> >> --Gordon<br>
> >><br>> >> From: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-" target="_blank">nsrca-</a> <br>> >> <a href="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] On Behalf Of James Oddino<br>
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:18 PM<br>> >> To: General pattern discussion<br>> >> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESVs for flight pack lipos?<br>> >><br>> >> What is the voltage range? I'd like to have a unit that would <br>
> >> stay in the plane and tell me that my 42 volt battery is charged <br>> >> when I plug it in.<br>> >><br>> >> Jim<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> On Aug 28, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:<br>
> >><br>> >>> I bought mine from Gordon Anderson...<br>> >>><br>> >>> <a href="http://www.mstar2k.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mstar2k.com/</a><br>> >>><br>> >>> Look for the Maestro on his page.<br>
> >>><br>> >>> From: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-" target="_blank">nsrca-</a> <br>
> >>> <a href="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] On Behalf Of Richard Strickland<br>> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:36 AM<br>
> >>> To: NSRCA DISCUSSION<br>> >>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESVs for flight pack lipos?<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> I'm switching some of my stuff to 2 cell lipos into a regulator <br>
> >>> (learned the hard way that you separate the regulator on the <br>> >>> OTHER side of the switch from the battery--but that's another <br>> >>> story).<br>> >>> The question(s): What is a good, relatively small ESV that has a <br>
> >>> load to check the lipos? What voltage do you let them get down to <br>> >>> before no go?<br>> >>> My 30 year old SO (Ye Olde ESV) ranges just miss that middle <br>> >>> ground. I've got a voltmeter--but it's not loaded. On a 1200 pack <br>
> >>> (still lighter than 4 nicads WITH reg.) on four flights, the drop <br>> >>> was from 8.4 down to 8.25V. I'm going to a 780 on another <br>> >>> airplane and my understanding guys are getting up to 7-8 flights <br>
> >>> on that size pack. But how do you check them?<br>> >>><br>> >>> Thanks,<br>> >>><br>> >>> Richard<br>> >>><br>> >>> See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured <br>
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