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Old 06-11-2013, 05:28 PM
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Default BatShare with two receiver batteries - connections

When my last receiver battery failed I considered my options. I wanted redundancy and the nose needs plenty of weight to balance at the CG, so my chosen approach is two receiver batteries and a Smart-Fly BatShare.

Here's how the BatShare is wired:



I have one free port on the receiver (B for Battery) so it looks like I have a couple of options:

(1) Plug one BatShare lead into the B port on the receiver and "Y" the other lead with another into a separate port:



(2) "Y" the two BatShare leads together into the B port on the receiver



Unfortunately the Smart-Fly instructions are very vague on this score. Their diagram shows one lead going into the receiver but the product itself has two. I'm leaning towards option 1 for two reasons: First, it provides two separate paths from the battery to the receiver. Second, I figure that if Smart-Fly intended to have the BatShare plug into a single receiver port they would have designed it that way.

Opinions, please!