Do you have a data log from the controller?<br clear="all"><br>Keith Hoard<br>Collierville, TN<br><a href="mailto:khoard@gmail.com">khoard@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Mark Atwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com" target="_blank">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I'd suggest you look at the connectors. I had that same experience with a bad solder joint on a pack. The battery is fine, but under the right conditions the connector has too high of an impedance and the controller shuts down.<div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Bob Kane wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><span style="font-size:12pt">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 </span>voltages<span style="font-size:12pt"> and everything looked OK. I used another pack to put up a flight with no issues.</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-size:12pt">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 </span>maneuvers<span style="font-size:12pt"> repeatedly and the pack quit unexpectedly again, but it may have been my fault for not paying attention to the flight time.</span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-size:12pt">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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent"> Rhino 5S 5000mAH 25C pack.</span></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"> </div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
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