RE: [RCSE] How long can I expect to fly on one charge?

2002-02-01 Thread Sheldon
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Bill Conkling'; 'stuarthall_ct'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] How long can I expect to fly on one charge? Sheldon, I took for granted that the ESV to buy is one that puts a load

Re: [RCSE] How long can I expect to fly on one charge?

2002-02-01 Thread Bill Conkling
Another thing, about chargers.. I don't think that OEM chargers have changed a lot in several years. I suspect that many of them were created when batteries were typically 500 mAh in capacity. A few years ago, many replaced the 500's with 600's, then 700's and I just replaced a pack wi

Re: [RCSE] How long can I expect to fly on one charge?

2002-02-01 Thread George Voss
Stuart, You can expect to get 1 1/2-2 1/12 hours per charge on 2 servos. This is only a ball park estimate. Depending on what you call "all day", you can fly all day on one charge assuming you aren't "on" all the time. I understand your frustration about wanting to know the answer, but it is

Re: [RCSE] How long can I expect to fly on one charge?

2002-02-01 Thread Bill Conkling
I do not have experience with Futaba, but I have a couple of JR systems. I fly sailplanes, or electrics and use 700 mAh batteries in the models on the sailplanes. Electric timnes are constrained by the motor batteries. I figure at least 1 hr or more on the transmitter. This seems to be the det

[RCSE] How long can I expect to fly on one charge?

2002-02-01 Thread stuarthall_ct
Another question from the resident newbie: How long can I expect to fly on one charge of either a receiver battery or TX? I realize it depends on how much drain you put so let me give a typical beginner scenario: 600 mah Hitec receiver battery (comes with Flash 5x), two servos HS422 - elevat