ORIGINAL: Mavpro
Interesing?
I am using a Weatronic 35 mhz dual receiver, and I found that there was something missing when using these systems - battery monitoring. I got a tip from a friend of mine that Emcotec in Germany have a very nice BMS (battery monitoing system).
http://shop.rc-electronic.com/e-vend...&t=6&c=16&p=16
This is a fantastic unit which tells you everything you'll ever need to know about the on board batteries. I received mine today, and discovered the following, very interesting text regarding my issue which startet this very thread:
As a specialty, both battery circuits in the DPSI BMS are galvanically
separated! This means, no electrical connection between each other
exists. This allows you to use one battery for the ignition system and
another one for the receiver set and operate both without any
influence. Due to the galvanic separation, it is also possible to operate
the DPSI BMS in connection with all battery switches currently
available on the market.
Now, I'm really not afraid to use ignition power from the flight packs.
All I ask of anyone using such a system is to strictly abide by the manufacturer's instructions.
To the one fellow defending his electrical distribution system - what new technology? What have you done that hasn't been done thousands of times before in full scale aircraft? Absolutely nothing, as far as I can tell by your description. Stop trying to make those of us with concerns appear to be Luddites. I love progress as much as the next guy, but I believe in playing it safe when others' lives and property are at risk.
Frankly, the fact that someone would even consider building a model airplane that is complicated/large/heavy/expensive enough to even consider using such devices has me a bit worried. Maybe the FAA should send someone by to inspect these way over the top models and bestow them with their mandatory stamp of approval before the models are legal to fly? Is that "real" enough for you folks? Come on fellows. Get a PPL and start building your own homebuilt airplane and leave the toys to we folks that don't wish to cave in a house or start a rampant fire in the event of a crash.
Ed Cregger