estevens Senior Heliman Location: Phoenix, Arizona
| Actually, you can run a B50-11L with Lipo's. Two of us here in Phoenix do without any problems to date. We do limit our flights to about 10-12 minutes each, but have not had any heating problems. This breaks up a pack charge into 2 flights.
We both use the Hacker 48-3P Opto controllers set to the default 2 degree timing, this is critical. The schultze controllers will not go to 2 degrees, they run a 5 degrees which is great for 12 cells of Nimh, but won't work for LiPo as it is too hot. We both have added heatsinks to the controllers (simple computer memory heatsinks) which helps no matter what you type of batteries you use. Governor mode is used and set at 80%. Power is very good with consistant head speeds. Summer will be the true test, but that's hard on any set up. Hope this helps.
Eric in Phoenix |