Dave, Congratulations on the success of your new mini-AVA. I am curious about the choice of the A123 cells.
If I understand the product, these are sub-C size cells and would seem large and heavy. However, clearly your AVA is not heavyweight. But why A123 vs. Lipo? Was it size, shape, cost or something else that made these the cells of choice? Best regards, Ed Anderson ----- Original Message ----- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 09:37:39 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: Mini AVA E & Super Wednsday Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] st.net> Flew the Mini, wednsday, for the first time an it is an unqualified success. The air was perfect for testing a new bird, Low winds and high lift. Pun intended. The Mini is powered by a hand wound (me) Komodo dual stator 28 mm outrunner swinging a Graupner CFK carbon 15 x 9.5 folding prop, a Castle Creations 45 amp ESC (overkill) 4 1100 mah A123 batteries and a Castle Creations BEC. Ancillary equipment, JR R700 rx, JR 285 digital servos for rudder and elevator, and a Wolfgang $4 special spoiler servo. On 72 mhz by the way. Without qualification this Mini AVA E is an excellent electric sailplane and is a very good place for novice or intermediate pilots to start and for 1st class electric comps as well. This 100 in. w/s AVA from the world renown stable of Kennedy Composites is availlable locally, from Jack Iafret. (shameless plug). This is a reccomended buy. Did I mention the all up weight is 411/2 oz. ? And climbs out like a scalded goose. Regards, Dave Corven. ------------------------------ End of Soaring V1 #11235 ************************ 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
