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Old 11-24-2010 | 03:00 PM
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Mike Wiz
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name="Bibliography"></w:lsdexception><w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" qformat="true" name="TOC Heading"></w:lsdexception></w:latentstyles></xml><![endif]><![if gte mso 10]><style type="text/css"> Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}</style><![endif]><p class="MsoNormal">You told us you bought an Ice 75. If that&rsquo;s true, it has an internal BEC. Sorry about the confusion that was my fault.

In the programming of the BEC is something called an LVC (Low Voltage Cutoff) that will insure that you can never run the motor so long as to not have radio power. The way I use it is to set it to soft cutoff. What happens with soft cutoff is that when the battery gets low the throttle is cut to half output. When you're flying, you notice this and land the plane. You don&rsquo;t have to land that very second just don&rsquo;t fly several circuits before you land. It's that easy. You can also go to a 5000 mAh battery. Unless you like extended flight times you'll generally never run it down into LVC . Of course, there is nothing wrong with using an RX battery too. I just think you'd like the convenience of running a BEC. You just bring your charged batteries to the field and fly, fly, fly.</p>

ORIGINAL: desertrider49

Now I'm confused, which one did I buy ? Does it matter ?, I'm going to use a separate receiver battery, I like the idea that If I fly a litte too long there will be no danger of losing power to my servos or receiver.