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Old 03-30-2005 | 11:12 PM
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jlb0305
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Default 2 batts

Has any one tried it or know if the honey bee or dragonfly can hold the weight of 2 batteries, thinking lipo's because they seem to be lighter.

Here was my idea.
1) Set the battery tray up to hold two batteries
2) Use an old battery connector and some spare wire to make a setup of the batteries in parallel
3) extend the running time if it can handle the weight by double - added weight reduction time.

theorhetically in parallel the batteries are at the same voltage as one battery... only problem is the you may also need to modify it to have an inline fuse or something to limit the current, although in the ideal case I = V/R and both V and R are the same. However R is actually a little bigger due to added wire resistance. In any case theory is only to be matched by actually trying. It would be awesome to be able to do this if they can take the weight. with some lipo's you could theorhetically fly for an hour or more then.