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can i use an e-flit battery? - 8/17/2007 5:22:54 PM   
seanx


 

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Status: offline 		hi all,

i have an eflite 3 cell, 11.1v 800mAh Li-Po battery for my cp pro. Can i use it on my honey bee king 2?
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RE: can i use an e-flit battery? - 8/17/2007 6:25:16 PM   
sdmahr


 

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Status: offline 		Sure.....with the following thoughts:

It may need a different connector

Don't expect long flight times as 800MaH is less capacity

It might be lighter so you may have to adjust the CG

Keep an eye on the operating temperature as you are drawing more current than the e-flite copters.

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RE: can i use an e-flit battery? - 8/18/2007 4:50:00 AM   
seanx


 

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Status: offline 		the connector fits, but what do you mean by this? "Keep an eye on the operating temperature as you are drawing more current than the e-flite copters."?

all in all, will this battery do any harm to my hbk2 and can i also charge it with the included dc adapter for my hbk2 too? all the sockets seems to fit .

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RE: can i use an e-flit battery? - 8/18/2007 5:55:35 AM   
sdmahr


 

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Status: offline 		While flying make sure the battery doesn't get to hot due to larger current draw. Your charger should be fine with that battery.

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RE: can i use an e-flit battery? - 8/18/2007 2:31:03 PM   
tbaus


 

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Status: offline 		Seanx, as Sdmahr has said, monitor the battery temp. Set the heli down every so often and put your hand on it. When it starts to get really warm, stop flying. Can it damage your heli? Only if you allow the battery to get hot to the point,a cell in the battery expands, (puffs) and then catches fire. Your heli would go up in a ball of flame. Go out to Youtube and search on something like lipo fire and you will see what a lipo battery will do if allowed to be drawn down too far to quickly. If you monitor the temp and look at how long it lasts prior to getting pretty warm, start flying this same amount of time each flight, then you should be fine.

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