Norman Sanchez's Blog (5)

Complete Guide to lipo batteries

Taken from the page:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209187

After seeing the many many posts on LiPoly's and answering similar…

Continue

Added by Norman Sanchez on August 14, 2012 at 4:30am — 13 Comments

Obstacle detector using OpticalFlow sensor and laser pointer.

I've been thinking include OpticalFlow whit laser sensor point.

all came into my mind after seeing …

Continue

Added by Norman Sanchez on May 30, 2012 at 6:59am — 21 Comments

Lipo battery calculator

Introduction

A LiPo battery consists of multipe cells. These cells deliver approx. 3.7 Volts. A 4S LiPo would therefore supply 14.8V.

Apart from the cells, a discharge rate is defined by the letter 'C'. Most batteries cases say something like "25C to 40C" discharge rate.…

Continue

Added by Norman Sanchez on May 21, 2012 at 7:30am — 6 Comments

Brushless motors, esc, Batteries, tx rx.

Motors:

Motors come in two variants: Brushed motors, which have small brushes that switch the power through the coils, and brushless motors, which need an external controller to do the switching for them.



Brushless motors are usually more efficient, can handle higher speeds and torques, can handle huge amounts of power, and are longer…

Continue

Added by Norman Sanchez on May 21, 2012 at 7:30am — 10 Comments

Social Networking

Contests

Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.

A list of all T3 contests is here

Groups

Advertisement

© 2013   Created by Chris Anderson.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service