RE: How to test total amp draw under load?
Bruce,
I agree with you about keeping the test to something that the average RCer can do. In some cases a meter will do just fine. I do not want to bog down this tread but reading this reminded me of a problem a friend was having with a model that had 7 servos, 4 in the wing. At times all the servos would would just go nuts. My friend could not find the problem with a meter. We started to look at things with a scope and found the V drop at the switch was high enough at times to reset the decoder in the RX when the 4 wing servos were under load.
A meter will do fine for getting some average idea of what is going on in the system in some cases.
felice Viernes
Pete