Battery

Fleli

New member
I have to be 100% sure so I'll just ask my exact question.

Will a 7500mAh battery with 30C-rating work to power two 20A motors and seven 400mA servos?

Thank you.
 

Wildthing

Legendary member
I have to be 100% sure so I'll just ask my exact question.

Will a 7500mAh battery with 30C-rating work to power two 20A motors and seven 400mA servos?

Thank you.
The battery won't be a problem, depending what you are running for a bec could be though
 

Sheriff

Active member
Twin engine aircraft and seven servos?

Please tell us what is your plan !! Will you build a 60 inches B-26 Marauder ? :)

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quorneng

Master member
A 7500 mAh battery at 30C would be delivering 225 A.
With that many amps you could drive ten 20 A motors and 7 servos but only for 2 minutes before the battery would be exhausted.
 

Hondo76251

Legendary member
I have to be 100% sure so I'll just ask my exact question.

Will a 7500mAh battery with 30C-rating work to power two 20A motors and seven 400mA servos?

Thank you.
How many cells in the battery? What KV are the motors? How big is the plane you are thinking of? The weight and dimensions of a battery that size might be the bigger issue...
 

Merv

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I agree with @quorneng. The formula is mah/1000 x C = Amps. In your case 7,500 / 1000 x 30 = 225

Now, just to be sure, was 7,500 a typo, did you intend 750 mah? Then the answer is no, you can't power 2, 20 amp motors.
 

Fleli

New member
Nope, no typo: The battery is 7500 mAh. I'll run two 20A motors and 7-8 servos. I'm planning on building a self-designed plane. For the flaps and the ailerons I will need a total of 4 servos, and I'll need another 2 for rudder and elevator. I also think I'll run one controlling only the nose-gear since linking the rudder and nose-gear with the same servo is hard in my opinion. Therefore, I'll need about 7 servos.
Now, the battery weighs 450 grams so yes, it is big, but I figured out that running a single large battery saved me lots of weight compared to two smaller ones.
 

Wildthing

Legendary member
Again, the battery won't be the issue, the bec whether built in or external powering supply to the rx and servos is what you have to make sure can deliver enough amps to power all.
 

quorneng

Master member
My own view would be that with two 20 A motors that battery is rather big which can give problems a smaller lighter battery would not.
To carry such a big battery successfully the air frame will have to be sufficiently large and robust which will add more weight. Then 7 servos and their control surfaces will add still more complexity and weight.
The total weight of a plane determines how much power is required to fly so unless your air frame is both structurally and aerodynamically efficient you could find your two 20 A motors will have to work quite hard just to fly.

I am not saying it can't be done but it is a slightly unusual combination.