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15th May 2008 - Deliveries this week from H&M, Mega and ETTI, Danlions ESC's due next week - Allan Anyone with some more pictures please submit them for the Gallery page. |
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What's happening in Fast ElectricsNew ESC's and ChargersDanlions We have had a working relationship with Danlions corp for some time now. We are extending this to import their Vislero A6 Charger which is capable of charging lead acid, NiMh, NiCd, Li-Po, Li-Ion, Li-Fe cells. The charger will hadle 1-12 lead acid cells, 1-18 NiCd/NiMh cells or 1-6 li based cells. The charger has a built in balancer for Li cells which enables balancing whilst charging. The supplied balance lead will take both of the major balance connector types and will enable up to 3 2s cells or 2 3s cells to be charged and balanced simultaneously. The charger can perform up to 5 charge/discharge cycles at currents dependent on the attached cells. The supplied USB link cable and software enables the charge to be monitored on your pc and the data recorded for psoterity.ETTI ETTI have released a new race controller. The controller is nominally 100 amps rated but is billed as being more capable than the existing 125 controllers. It is - like the rest of the family, water cooled and waterproof. The new controller will run 100 amps continuous and take 150 amp peak for 10 seconds. . The Vislero A6 charger is in stock now. The ETTI 100 amp controllers are expected any day now. want do discus this ? go here MPBA FE Section EGMThe MPBA FE section Committee has received in excess of 18 requests to hold and EGM in order to discus changing the rules to allow use of any cell to power a model boat for racing purposes. The meeting will be held at the Chace Hotel Coventry on April 27th. All those who wish to vote must attend in person.The suggested new cell counts are as follows..... Class A (Mono 1 and Hydro 1) 7 x Nimhs the same as now 3S2P Lithium-Ion (Li-FePO4)A123: LiFe Nominal voltage = 3.3 V Maximum 6 cell of the A123 type with a max capacity of 2300 mAh. Max. in series 3s 2S Lithium-Polymer : LiPo Nominal voltage= 3.7 V Max. Packweight 280 g Max. in Series 2s Max. in Parallel 1s Class B (Mono 2 and Hydro 2) 12 x Nimhs the same as now 5S2P Lithium-Ion (Li-FePO4)A123: LiFe Nominal voltage = 3.3 V Maximum 6 cell of the A123 type with a max capacity of 2300 mAh. Max. in series 3s 4S Lithium-Polymer : LiPo Nominal voltage= 3.7 V Max. Packweight 560 g Max. in Series 4s Max. in Parallel 1s want do discus this ? go here What cells for this year?Well, After having voted on staying with NIMH cells for 2008 with the exception of two demo classes some problems have arisen.Last year: - some cells were banned in some countries due to safety fears - Top end NIMH cells of all makes seemed to have a short life - even in storage This year: - in the car world many fewer manufacturers applied for homologation with the BRCA - in the Car world Lipo's have been allowed. This has had the effect of making cells scarce and therefore costly, although reasonably priced cells cannot be found their quality is an unknown, wheras the BRCA cells have been extensively tested for safety and quality. Lipo cells have become much safer and higher current ratings have become available. Prices are also dropping. This has really meant that the cross over point between lipo and nimh has arrived earlier than predicted and causing a Dilemma. The MPBA FE section has announced that NIMH will be used for all but two classes this year. Sense dictates that we move to LIPO cells exclusively now. Fairness suggests that we shoul not allow LIPO's or find some way of ensuring the playing filed is level. So the question is what should be done??? Have your say on our fora where there is a quite heated discussion under way. Time is short so do it now!! want do discus this ? go here PayNPak/Mutineer/U7For some time now we have been working on siome new CNC cut kits - one of these is for PaynPak. This kit is nearly ready - the cuts are done and the canopy mould is being produced and will be in production shortly. I'm very pleased with the look of the prototype. The model comes from the basis of the Garry Finlay drawings which we have converted to Cad and got cut (Much like Thriftway and Vanlines) except this is for 12 cell and is 30 inches long. Other things in the pipe are RRR Mutineer V3 with higher deadrise - we have arranged for these through RRR. One has been tested - two final cuts are on their way and then tis mono will go into production. On the stocks and in CAD is U7 for 12 cells. These are all wood kits but with the basic egg box construction, a bit of time and some G4 seler these can become stunning and competetive models.want do discus this ? go here |
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