Hiaboo

Just like the title said. I'm just curious much alike the quality of the battery affects runtimes and such.

JPMacG

My Feedback: (2)

Runtime, yes. Range, no.

Piet Le Roux

Not much. The transmitter voltage will have a significant affect on power output. This differs between different designs by let say the transmitter deliverers 1 watt at 10.8 volt, at 9.6 volt the output will be about 0.6 watt. This sounds a lot (40%) but you would only notice reduced range if your output dropped by 50% ( -3dB). One must remember that changing your transmitter power by 50% does not change your range by 50%.When you collapse the antenna of your transmitter your are reducing you radiated power by about 25 times(-14dB) , and you should still get a range of 60-65 feet.

Hiaboo

Interesting - because this is the situation I have.. (although i don't think it's a radio issue but it's acting like one) With my truck i have a MM5700 in it, if I go 75 feet with it, it'd stop and glitch. Previously with a brushed setup, I could go 600 feet or whatever (I havent measured it) with no issues. It looks like the MM system is causing severe interference. I tried this with a different radio system but it still happens, I'll have to try to get a entirely different RX like a futaba for example and try that.