ORIGINAL: klhoard
ORIGINAL: baronbrian
Reading the rules it doesn't look to me that a governor would be illegal...
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Its only illegal if you couple it with airspeed / GPS input from the plane.
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I could even see a system where your governor would "learn" your power system over several flights and then set up its own RPM range based on a past history of voltage drops during the flight. Of course you would have to use batteries of similar age, manufacturer, C-rating, capacity for the learning to be valid. But eventually the governor could learn to limit the initial RPM to where the flights would end with enough "headroom" to keep the performance consistant thru the entire flight. Then from there you could program either a linear RPM or RPM curve that is commanded by the throttle stick.
Electric is chock full o'nuts, huh! Don't have to worry 'bout that one with a gas "moter".
Whatever happened to "Just Fly" the danged plane. Where's RVP when you need him....