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davidsg1a

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Club 500
« on: September 08, 2012, 10:07:50 am »

Hello everybody

Im just wandering what sero and battery people are using in there club 500s, at my club in Glasgow there is 9 of us going to build them and we want to know what every body else is using in them.

Look forward the hearing your wisdom. :-))

David
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Re: Club 500
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2012, 12:26:04 pm »

if you are going to race as per the standard rules, then the only battery permissable is a 7.4v nimhs pack. If you are going to just mess around, then anything!

Servo, I use a small micro servo, to save weight! we are a very competitive bunch that race at St Helens Model Boat club! weight is the enemy with these boats :-))

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HXT-9g-micro-servo-x4-RESIN-gears-futaba-Hitec-UK-stock-/150872054125?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item2320acd96d

http://www.sthelensmodelboatclub.co.uk/
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Re: Club 500
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2012, 04:29:31 pm »

http://www.sthelensmodelboatclub.co.uk/

Well they certainly park their 500 hundreds pretty well, at least Duracell does !! :} :}  Inter Club soon  :-))

Also no extra weight, trims etc if your racing 

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Re: Club 500
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2012, 05:51:11 pm »


Searching suppliers of 7.4 v NiMH.
All I can find are 7.2 v   :}

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Re: Club 500
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2012, 10:00:13 pm »


That's because these batteries contain 1.2 volt cells.     8)


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Re: Club 500
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2012, 10:01:55 pm »


Just had a thought  (dangerous yes I know)  When the 7.2 volt are charged they can go up to 8.4 volts    :}


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Re: Club 500
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2012, 08:12:28 pm »

Thanks for the info, is there any rules on the amps of the battery?

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Re: Club 500
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2012, 08:21:02 pm »


Yes, it's a number followed by mAh   (milli amps per hour)

For example 1000mAH  is 1 amp for one hours running. You can see by this the amount of time you can expect the motor to run.

Hope this helps

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Re: Club 500
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2012, 08:23:48 pm »

Just had a thought  (dangerous yes I know)  When the 7.2 volt are charged they can go up to 8.4 volts    :}



You are still stuck with 6 cells, and the battery saying 7.2 volts on the label.  I don't recall anybody mentioning an A/H limit, but generally, for a given size, the higher the A/H, the heavier the battery.
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