With 2 channels, I field-charge 1 pack per channel at 2C, flying non-stop. Even 450 packs aren't given away for free, and 5000 packs are expensive.īuying my Duo let me get away with 3 packs for my X5, instead of 4. Then swap, and begin charging packs #3 & 4 at 3C, while flying #1 & 2.īuy fewer packs, and charge them quickly at the field. They'd finish about 12-14 minutes later, right before I landed pack #4. I'd fly packs #1 & 2, then put them on the charger, at 3C. More power output, lower amps, so things stay cooler, etc.īut (15) 6S 5000 packs? Good lord, that's a lot of packs Even 30A/750W would only give you 0.4C for that many packs in parallel.Įspecially if you'd have deep-cycles, I would strongly suggest buying fewer packs, and field-charging them quickly.īefore I got my Duo iCharger, I was flying continuously with 4 packs for my 450. Yes, 24V is better than 12V for the assorted reasons you mentioned.
Hopefully it does, or else you'll need to do something to connect something like a typical 6S parallel board, as the 3010B only has a 10S balance plug, as I recall. I'm not sure if it comes with a balance board. 300W, etc, will shrink fairly quickly.įor "future-proofing" with a planned 550, I'd consider a 30A/750W iCharger 306B, or 40A/1000W FMA PowerLab PL6. Start charging in parallel, and/or higher-C rates, and your amps & power requirements climb quickly. Or support, for that matter.įor what it's worth, your 400W Mega can only handle 18V input, so you didn't have a practical field-charging option anyhow, for providing higher input voltage.īear in mind that a 6S 5000 for a 550 takes 5A/125W to charge a single battery at 1C. Long-term quality I'm not sure of, though. It's certainly an attractive power/$ option. $65 on HobbyKing, vs about $120 for the iCharger version. I have no experience with them, but I've been reading positive things about the Turnigy Reaktor 300W/20A charger, which is apparently a clone of the iCharger 206B: My future plans for 600 and 700 will be nitro at this point. Anyone had any luck with any of the less expensive chargers from places like HobbyKing?Īny other recommendations for an inexpensive charge setup using deep cycle marine batteries as input?įor future I don't anticipate having an electric larger than a 550 heli. I don't have anything larger than 500 in electric and my 600 is nitro so I don't feel I need to invest in any expensive charge setup.īut I do need a new charger now. I think I would like to get second marine battery and charge at 24V input. At less than max I think its ok and never gave me any issue. However, I think trying to use only 12-13 volts from a marine battery made the amps go way in the charger. It gets my batteries charged and well balanced. I've had pretty good luck with this charger prior. I looked over and saw smoke trail streaming in wind. I put it on max of 20A and parallel charged to 6s 2700 Mah batteries. Using deep cycle marine battery as input, which I always do. Was at the field, charging with one of those Turnigy Mega 400. I just wanted to let the community know of my experience on this real quick.
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