Questions tagged [lipo-batteries]
Use in reference to Lithium Polymer batteries, commonly used for their excellent energy density and their ability to provide large currents.
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What battery/motor setup will replace this 1980s vintage glow engine?
I have a sport model (RCM Terrier, balsa/plywood construction covered with Monokote or Econokote stick/shrink film) that I built in 1984, and it has somehow come through multiple moves apparently ...
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Lipo battery with an ESC and a BLDC motor
I'm not sure if I can connect four brushless dc motors to my Lipo battery. I don't know how to calculate it. The brushless motor I have is the Turnigy L2210C-1200 brushless motor (150w) and the Lipo ...
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Is it safe/good to store a Mavic Mini 2 LiPo battery at ~18% for an unplanned next flight?
They say it is best to store at ~60% but I personally don't want to spend CC for charging it first and then discharging my battery.
Note: someone said, I can just charge the battery and unplug the ...
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Will wiring two batteries in parallel fry my drone?
Will connecting 2 lipo batteries of 3.7 V of 1500 mAh in parallel for a power source to a drone fry it? I understand the voltage will continue to be 3.7 V because it's in parallel. The current or Amps ...
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Need tips on getting this to fly properly
Learning the basic concepts. Yet to use a receiver and remote. Using a 3.7 v coreless motor, lipo battery and thermocol for the frame.
I figured out how to connect the motors so that diagonally ...
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Pros/cons of using a BEC in traditional nitro plane?
I have recently joined a local RC club, and one of the members gifted me one of his older planes. How old? 72MHz, nitro-powered, and with Ni-Cd batteries! Old school but it works.
However, I'm ...
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Lift off without receiver
Can I make a small drone frame achieve lift using 4 coreless 3.7 v motors of 55000 rpm, 3.7 v lipo batteries having 40c without a receiver and remote. Motors are all alike. The propellers I have are ...
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Is my drone battery too large?
I'm new to the drone game. I'm building an Arducopter S500,(2015) with 2212 KV920 max 1200 gram, brushless motors, 10/45 blades, SimonK ESC's, Lipo 5200 11.1V battery, and GPS 2.8. My controller is ...
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Are drone batteries more prone to swelling than other li-ion batteries?
I have lithium ion batteries in my cell phones, laptops, portable chargers, and all sorts of devices. Sometimes I'll keep them off for a week or two and when I turn the device on, the charge may be ...
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All motors vibrating but not spinning?
I made a 3D-printed drone body and attached some MT2204-2300kv brushless motors. I have the standard yellow 30A ESC for each of the 4 motors. I also have an Arduino Uno running YMFC-AL and a FlySky FS-...
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Can a 45C 11.1V 4500mah battery damage a 30A esc if a motor draws less amps?
I am really new to this, I am planning to build my own tricopter drone which can be controlled via raspberry pi using wifi and use Arduino as a flight controller to communicate via USB. I am ...
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Questions regarding drone components
I am wanting to build an ultra-light manned bi-copter from scratch, but I first must learn about the components, which is why I am here. I am working with a 43kv (24s rated, 192 max Amp) 70kg thrust ...
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Can you charge 1s and 2s batteries at the same time with the tinyhawk 2 included charger?
I just got a Tinyhawk 2. It came with 2 batteries (2s and 1s) and a battery charger that you plug in to USB.
I know that you can't parallel charge batteries with different cell count, but it looks ...
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What are Pro and Cons of using Lithium batteries over LiPo batteries for quadcopters [duplicate]
I heard that some people combine some Panasonic 18650 (3400mah 3.7V) lithium batteries to make a battery for their drones, I was wondering of the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of set ...
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Can a lipo battery be charged with more than 0.5 amps? [duplicate]
Using ISDT q8 to charge my 1205mAh 6S lipo battery. I'm wondering if I can change the default settings and charge with more amps?
Is this recommended or will it degrade the battery much quicker. Any ...
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