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Old 08-02-2015 | 03:56 PM
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Default Shared ECU Battery for 2 turbines. Possible?

I have been using A123’s since 2008 for my receiver and ECU batteries and I am sold on their reliability and safety. In my 1/6.25 scale
A-10, I used two 3 cell A123 batteries for the ECU’s (one per engine). Worked great.

I am now putting together the smaller Skymaster A-10 and was wondering could I get by with sharing a single 3 cell A123 pack between the Kingtech ECU’s (to save weight)? If I didn’t start the kerostart Kingtech engines simultaneously, I am sure the current draw wouldn’t be an issue once each engine was running. What other issue(s) might occur with this setup (electronic ground loop, etc.)?

Any thoughts / advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Nick