KnimRod
Senior Heliman
Location: Central Michigan
| Congrats! I'm sure you'll have tons of fun in a very short time. Assuming you have the stock Fusion 7 motor with your kit, I recommend a good 7-cell battery pack. Check out battlepack.com for a GP3300 pack. It should be good for 7-8 minutes of flight time. When you order your pack, ask them to include some "Dean's Ultra" connectors with your order. You'll want one female on your pack, a male for the ESC and a male for your charger. The LMH included battery connector is junk. You can connect the ESC to your motor with spade lugs but I had better luck soldering the leads direct. Make sure you follow the motor maintenance regimen outlined in the manual for maximum life from the Fusion 7 motor. It should last until you're ready to upgrade to a brushless motor.
As far as chargers go, I don't know of a good AC/DC charger. The best chargers seem to be DC only. If you have no immediate plans to run LiPoly packs, I like the Supernova charger. Sometimes you can find them (or the Euro equivalent, "Simprop Intelli-Control") on Ebay for $50.-$75. To make a DC charger an AC charger, you only need a power supply. These can also be obtained fairly inexpensively or even made from an old PC power supply.
If you have any questions, please ask!
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