The most important and basic aspect of RC flying is the power source. This is the 1st thing that you should look for. Many years ago I was playing RC cars. Back then I was using Nicd batteries. It took a long time to charge and play time is acceptable.
After some time on Nicd I decided to look at Internal Combustion (IC) engine. They called it Nitro. The minute I look at an RC cars with Nitro engine I was turned off. It was noisy with lots of smoke. Sure it is powerful but I can never play nitro at my house at night. Surely my neighbours will be screaming.
Now we have a new power source. It is called Lithium Polymer (Lipo) Its small, lightweight and have high discharge. A 2200mAh lipo in my glider will give me a flight time of 30 minutes. That is with throttle on all the time. If I glide it, I can reach 1 hour of flight time. 1 hour of looking up into the sky is too long for me.
This is an example of lipo and a very good one. When choosing lipo there are so many option now. Generally I use 2200mAh with 25c discharge. I can use it on airplanes and helicopters as well. On glider I got 30 minutes fly time and on helicopters I got around 8 minutes normal fly time.
Next article is how to care for your lipo since these things have fire hazard risk involve.
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After some time on Nicd I decided to look at Internal Combustion (IC) engine. They called it Nitro. The minute I look at an RC cars with Nitro engine I was turned off. It was noisy with lots of smoke. Sure it is powerful but I can never play nitro at my house at night. Surely my neighbours will be screaming.
Now we have a new power source. It is called Lithium Polymer (Lipo) Its small, lightweight and have high discharge. A 2200mAh lipo in my glider will give me a flight time of 30 minutes. That is with throttle on all the time. If I glide it, I can reach 1 hour of flight time. 1 hour of looking up into the sky is too long for me.
Next article is how to care for your lipo since these things have fire hazard risk involve.
View the original article here
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