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Old 11-25-2009 | 09:30 AM
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Default RE: Single battery setup question?


ORIGINAL: mrbigg


ORIGINAL: Walt and Sage

Myself and my friend have at least 12 50cc gas planes flying on ONE A123 2300ma battery
Some with 8 servos and smoke systems
Lighter than a ni cad / nimd of that size and have MUCH more power..

We place a 1001N diod in front of the ignition to play it safe...
I ran a similar setup in my Ulti with one A123 pack. I added another set of positve and negative wires to the pack and used another switch for the ignition. I used a Fromeco regulator on the ignition side to step down the voltage. Worked great on 2.4. How far down does the 1001N drop the voltage?
The diode is a IN4001 from Radio Shack @ 2 FOR 99 cents....
Each diode drops around 1.4 volts, so two would be almost 3vdc...
We have just been using one and works fine..
If your ignition REQUIRES 4.8 than I would use a regulator...
Walt