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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lakeland contest, February 2010! I was
there!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ronald Van Putte</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:35
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery
going bad?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Cold? What's that? Oh yeah, I have dim memory of
that sensation.
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<DIV>Ron</DIV>
<DIV>40-year Northwest Florida resident</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:01 AM, Jim Quinn wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hi Bob,</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Could it be that your battery was just too
cold?</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I've had that happen.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">As the season progresses and our batteries get a
lot of use, and they, like us, get a little tired from time to titme.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">If that happens again unplug the battery wait a
minute or two and plug it in again.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">When I've done that it goes back to one beep.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I warm it up a little and fly my whole
sequence.<BR> </DIV>Jim Quinn
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Bob Kane <<A
href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Generalpatterndiscussion <<A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Bob Kane<BR><A
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Bob Richards <<A
href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">bob@toprudder.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Bob Kane <<A
href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>>; General
pattern discussion <<A
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Monday, September 17, 2012 5:20
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN>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.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Bob R.</DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Bob Kane <<A
href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Monday, September 17, 2012 4:32
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[NSRCA-discussion] Battery going
bad?<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><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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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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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>
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