ORIGINAL: apriliamille
woot. welcome to electric
1. dont fear the batts. yeah they can bite but follow charger instructions and battery instructions and keep an eye on them while charging and things will be good
one thing i wish someone would have told me when i got my very first electric and smoked it in the air and watched it come in fast.
fudge the numbers to the safe side on your motor and esc, run a timer so your plane can get back, learn battery c ratings and you will have tons of flights out of it
if i may suggest. pick up a second battery so you wont feal the temptations to bump the c charge rating up while charging (sure way to mess up batts). that way you can have one charging while your flying
Just FYI I have been flying mine on a 6S A123 battery pack. It's a little heaver than the equivalent 4S Lipo but the plane is actually a little more stable with the extra weight and for me it has plenty of power. and I get 7+ minutes of flying time on a charge.
The real benefit is that it can be recharged in 15 minutes (with the proper charger) and the pack can be recharged at least 1000 times, so I can have my pack permanently installed in the plane and just recharge between flights.
TF