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Old 03-30-2005, 10:41 AM
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Default RE: Batery Capacity of a Slow Stick 300 Motor

First, do you mean an 8 cell, 800maH NiCad battery? Do you know what "size" the cells are, ie. AA, 2/3A 1/2SC, etc? If the battery weighs less than about 6 oz., it'll probably fly the slow stick just fine with the stock 300 motor. I'm not sure what you mean by "max. capacity" of the 300 motor, but it can handle about 8 amps of current and 9 to 10 volts without frying. To answer your question, mA is a milliamp, a measure of current, whereas maH is a measure of capacity(current drawn over an hour basically). Look at it this way: Your 8 cell 800maH battery should be able to deliver about 9.6 volts at a rate of 800milliamps for one hour. Make any sense?