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How do you power your war birds?
4 Cell Nicad for ignition and 5cell nicad for servos/reciver
  23% (25)
5cell Nicad with regulator to power opto kill switch for ignition
  3% (4)
6.6 Life with 4cell for ignition
  16% (17)
6.6 Life with regulator for ignition
  13% (14)
Other
  43% (46)


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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 3:31 PM   
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... with fuel powered engines! Electric motors are for servo tabs and such.

Well.........I won't get into the old "fuel vs. electric motor" debate......... but I will say the electric motors that spin my props are more reliable and more powerful than the equivalent fuel motors.
Servo tabs? Huh? Those are for full scale airplanes.



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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 5:34 PM   
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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 6:32 PM   
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I have used several of the standard sized Hitec servos with 6.6v LiFe should be fine there, not sure about the smaller sizes, might want to test an old one? Or call Hitec.

Whit



Whit, I did call hitec and they said it was fine to run 6.6V LiFE batteries unregulated. I told them servos range from 5645 and 645 down to HS 55 sub micros. Even the submicros are OK.

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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 6:53 PM   
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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 7:03 PM   
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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 9:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		 I lost my top Flight Gaint p51 to the stock 4cell nicad that came with my DX8

I should of seem the signs. I put the TX on the charger over night as I was going to a big show. 

While I was trying to start my P51 DX8 low voltage warring went off. I've never seen this before so I halled my bird back to the Pitts and put the tx pack on my charger at 1.5 amps

10min later my charger said it was done and only put in 200mah

Put it all back together after flying gor 5 min while doing a high speed low las my landing gear dropped and motor shut off. After it chess he'd right in front of me I look at my DX8 and it was off. Pulled the pack out the back and 1 of the batteries had melted the plastic covering


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RE: How do you power your war birds? - 1/9/2013 11:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: wphilb

I have used several of the standard sized Hitec servos with 6.6v LiFe should be fine there, not sure about the smaller sizes, might want to test an old one? Or call Hitec.
 
Whit



Whit, I did call hitec and they said it was fine to run 6.6V LiFE batteries unregulated. I told them servos range from 5645 and 645 down to HS 55 sub micros. Even the submicros are OK.



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