Hi,
It should work. I guess my only concern would be if they bound up and drew a huge amount of current and
basically overloaded the wiring and connectors due to continuous current. A separate battery on the gear
would give you protection against a catastrophic event and you might only have to belly land instead of loosing
the whole plane. I would feel better if you had said that they monitored their own current and would shut down
if they determined there was an overcurrent situation. I know that large sailplanes have this issue with their
single retractable wheel and most of those guys run a separate battery to avoid a disaster with a jammed gear.
The BatShare on the input is looking at the two batteries to be sure they are equal. It does not limit the
current into the unit.
ORIGINAL: cabinwacoman
Has anyone used the new Robart electric gear with a smart fly unit? I have a large scale Corsair and want to convert the main gear to electric. I am wondering if there could be any problems powering the gear through the smart fly power expanders. I have the competition 12 units without a regulator for the servos and am using a dual A123 set up with two 2300mah batteries. The servos with this type of expander see direct battery voltage.
I know the new electric gear use an ''amp out'' circuit to shut the electric actuators off at their limits. Since the power expanders are always looking at battery voltage/condition I wonder if there would be any problems here. I know the option would be to power the gear through a separate battery but was hoping to keep this simple.
Thanks for any advice/experience.
Neal Goodfriend