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Old 05-17-2007, 01:08 PM
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Default RE: 30 minutes flight time from my Super Sportster EP!

OK, I have a question. I am kind of new to electric power, but not planes. I looked up the motor you talked about on the BP web site and they say it pulls 29A with a 9X6E prop at 11.1V unless I read something wrong. At 29A and 4400mah battery, BP says you get a 9.1 min. flight time. To get around a 30 min flight, you would need to be pulling 8A or there abouts. What am I missing here. I have the Super Sportster and am going to convert it to brushless power. I already have a 4000mah battery and am going to order the motor from BP, but I still don't understand how you get 30 min flights. I'm not trying to give you a hard time, just don't understand how you get that kind of time with those batteries and motor setup.