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Old 06-04-2006 | 09:47 PM
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Default RE: whats the difference between gas and electric air planes?


ORIGINAL: future pilot

ok i didnt read every ones reply and if i change the supject a little im very sorry...

With electric you have only5-10 min flights
I timed one of my flights on my Ultrafly Outrage and I flew it for 16 minutes before the ESC did the low battery cutout. This was with a 900 mah 3-S Thunderpower li-po powering a e-flite 370 outrunner 1050 KV motor and APC 8x3.7 electric prop. Generally I land because I'm tired of flying it, not because the battery is dead. I was flying it normally, not milking it for maximum flight time, but I never do use full throttle all the time, even with glow engines.