KR> Lithium Ion batteries.

2014-10-24 Thread Nerobro
BeLite also is a proponent of LiPo batteries in airplanes. I wonder if we could get some information out of them. On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Dan Branstrom via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > I posted before that Bob Nuckolls had some reservations about using > lithium ion batteri

KR> Lithium Ion batteries.

2014-10-24 Thread Dan Branstrom
I posted before that Bob Nuckolls had some reservations about using lithium ion batteries. I just got the latest issue of /Kitplanes, /and he has written further on the subject. He now has tested one battery. That just supplies several data points for one battery. For those of you interested

KR> Lithium Ion Batteries

2014-07-29 Thread Dan Branstrom
Nerobro wrote: BeLite is using LiPo batteries in their ultralights. Greg was kind enough to send me a copy of his posting, but I don't see posts on KRnet until the next day. Here was my reply to him: There are several factors here. First, [on the Belite], is the lithium battery a part of an

KR> Lithium Ion Batteries.

2014-07-28 Thread Nerobro
BeLite is using LiPo batteries in their ultralights. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Dan Branstrom via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > A while back, one of the posters here was interested in using a much > lighter Lithium battery for their plane. > > Bob Nuckolls, who is an expert on

KR> Lithium Ion Batteries.

2014-07-28 Thread Dan Branstrom
A while back, one of the posters here was interested in using a much lighter Lithium battery for their plane. Bob Nuckolls, who is an expert on electrical systems in airplanes, has an article on Lithium iron-phosphate batteries in the latest Kitplanes, entitled "Battery facts and fables: lithiu