Brent, I have been using 2 x 5-cell packs, dual high-quality switches (very important), and plugged separately into the receiver for my 4-meter and up ships. Since I use all 8 channels I power the Xcvr through 2 Y harnesses.
This has saved a scale sailplane twice in 10 years (two different sets of batteries!), once due to a servo jam, the other a bad cell. So I have only damaged my ships by disconnected brain, thumbs, or both. YMMV... Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas, Brent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:42 AM Subject: [RCSE] redundancy for scale Has anyone here ever set up a redundant battery and switch for a scale ship? Was it worth the trouble? I'm working out my servo / rx / battery tray, and I'm torn between duplicating everything or just using a "Y" on two batteries. The extreme would be having two RXs, splitting the plane, either left / right, maybe one for the wings the other for everything else. Without a split elevator, that's probably not worth pursuing (I probably couldn't land it if if I lost the elevator). In the end, I'm just looking for reliable power for a lot of servos. Any experiences you've had would be much appreciated. Thanks, Brent RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
