Foam Addict
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Hey all,
I have a combat plane that has a 2.1:1 thrust ratio on a 3cell LiPo, so I thought I could get away with using an 8cell NiMh I had laying as I had a Lipo hit by a two stroke 0.25 mid flight one time, and the smoking burning mess landed in a field.
Anyway, on NiMh the plane doesn't even have enough thrust to fly, when it was capable of VTOL take offs at 1/2 throttle on a LiPo.
I did an amp check, and it is drawing only 3 amps less on NiMh.
Any thoughts?
or is this just a dumb experiment.
The fully charged v difference is only 1.6 volts. 11vs 12.6
Thanks!
I have a combat plane that has a 2.1:1 thrust ratio on a 3cell LiPo, so I thought I could get away with using an 8cell NiMh I had laying as I had a Lipo hit by a two stroke 0.25 mid flight one time, and the smoking burning mess landed in a field.
Anyway, on NiMh the plane doesn't even have enough thrust to fly, when it was capable of VTOL take offs at 1/2 throttle on a LiPo.
I did an amp check, and it is drawing only 3 amps less on NiMh.
Any thoughts?
or is this just a dumb experiment.
The fully charged v difference is only 1.6 volts. 11vs 12.6
Thanks!
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