ORIGINAL: FERNDALE AIR FORCE
Hi all, There is a post a few pages back about not flying out the battery, that when the planes starts getting sloppy and can't climb to go charge it. The writer sounded like he knew what he was talking about. I have also read posts that explain the reason for not modding your controller to an a/c adapter, the batteries are used as limiters to what the charger will put out.
Here is my response, unless you have modded out your tx, fly the batteries out. Then turn the plane off/on and burn the battery again, and then do it once more. Do this once you notice that your plane is not performing as well as in the past. Seems to last me about ten charges. It is not exciting to fly at 3 feet and slow at full throttle, but you will be happy later.
Also, an earlier post mentioned using teflon-based oil to re-lube the bearings I have found that this is true. Some on a q-tip and spin the motor.
monster, where would I look for your tank?
Tim
The Aero Ace has a voltage cut off that will prevent discharging of the Li-po below the safe limit. Around 2.75volts. This will work just as well as noticing a slight power loss during flight.
If you were to mod the transmitter with an AC power source, most AC 9v adapters put out less than 500ma. I have shorted an alkaline battery and achieved well over 2 Amps of current. The charging circuit should only take the amount of current drawn as it must reduce the voltage. Voltage should be the only factor limiting/increasing the charge rate.
With that said I do not believe the batteries act like "limiters."
I recently picked up an Aero Ace at Wall-Mart for $39.99CDN!!
Ryan