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delirium_knight · 01-22-2013, 09:46 PM

Hello guys. I am building a Thunder Tiger Titan X50 aerial photo platform and I have been looking around trying to find the right combination of Batteries to put on the machine. I have been looking at 12S batteries. I see there all different brands of 12S batteries I dont know which ones to get. The manual says it takes 8-12S batteries. Also I am looking for the correct ESC and Motor to go on it. I believe that the X50 is a 600 size heli. I will be running the FBL Version. And a gimble system on it as well. I want to get the max flight time out of the machine. I plan on buying at least 2-3, 12S. batteries on it. I would like to mount 1 in the battery bay and two on the outside. I dont quite understand the power relations of better flight times pertaining to 12S batteries. What is going to get me the best flight time. I know the 12S cost more but I am willing to spend the money on them if people think i would be better off. Please give me some insight on where I need to go. The kit I am getting does not have a motor or ESC on it So im starting with a clean slate. All i need is a motor and the correct batteries an ESC on it and Ill order them and get it put together. Also Once that decision is made I need to pickup a power supply and charger. Recommendations on a good setup is what I am after. Please help.

Added Later: Further look through the manual shows that I am able to install 2 12S lipo batteries. So I want to put those in the correct spot and possibly add 2 more. Anyone else have a input on this?

tomlog · 01-27-2013, 01:35 AM

No you have it wrong, You are not putting 2 12s battery's in, What you are putting in is 2 6s in series making 1 12s. In my X50 I run 8s so I am using 2 4s in series making 1 8s understand. Flight time is more the Mha of the batts you are using I fly 2 4s 5000mha batts if you are going 12s 3200-3500 are going to be as big of batt that will fit. The cell count is for power 6s=22.2v 8s=29.6v and 12s=44.4v. You are not doing hard 3D so I think your best flight time while lifting a camera would be to run 8s 5000 to 5500Mha and I would think that should give you 5 to 7 minutes flight time. If that camera mount and camera are heavy your flight time will go down. If you look in the post for show your X50E you will see mine and what I am running in it.

zattan22 · 01-28-2013, 09:29 PM

I am running 2x6s 2650mah in parallel and 2x6s 3300mah in parallel.
Somehow, I prefer the 2650mah as it is smaller and lighter pack than the 3300mah.
The flight time between the 2 are not much difference, both hit 7-8mins and discharge 3.78v of the cells.

01-22-2013, 09:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
delirium_knight Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2008	Right Batteries and chargers x50 AP Hello guys. I am building a Thunder Tiger Titan X50 aerial photo platform and I have been looking around trying to find the right combination of Batteries to put on the machine. I have been looking at 12S batteries. I see there all different brands of 12S batteries I dont know which ones to get. The manual says it takes 8-12S batteries. Also I am looking for the correct ESC and Motor to go on it. I believe that the X50 is a 600 size heli. I will be running the FBL Version. And a gimble system on it as well. I want to get the max flight time out of the machine. I plan on buying at least 2-3, 12S. batteries on it. I would like to mount 1 in the battery bay and two on the outside. I dont quite understand the power relations of better flight times pertaining to 12S batteries. What is going to get me the best flight time. I know the 12S cost more but I am willing to spend the money on them if people think i would be better off. Please give me some insight on where I need to go. The kit I am getting does not have a motor or ESC on it So im starting with a clean slate. All i need is a motor and the correct batteries an ESC on it and Ill order them and get it put together. Also Once that decision is made I need to pickup a power supply and charger. Recommendations on a good setup is what I am after. Please help. Added Later: Further look through the manual shows that I am able to install 2 12S lipo batteries. So I want to put those in the correct spot and possibly add 2 more. Anyone else have a input on this? __________________ Destrey Trainham,Thunder Tiger Titan SE, Align 450, Align 800E Trekker AP (Various Airplanes)

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01-27-2013, 01:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
tomlog Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011	No you have it wrong, You are not putting 2 12s battery's in, What you are putting in is 2 6s in series making 1 12s. In my X50 I run 8s so I am using 2 4s in series making 1 8s understand. Flight time is more the Mha of the batts you are using I fly 2 4s 5000mha batts if you are going 12s 3200-3500 are going to be as big of batt that will fit. The cell count is for power 6s=22.2v 8s=29.6v and 12s=44.4v. You are not doing hard 3D so I think your best flight time while lifting a camera would be to run 8s 5000 to 5500Mha and I would think that should give you 5 to 7 minutes flight time. If that camera mount and camera are heavy your flight time will go down. If you look in the post for show your X50E you will see mine and what I am running in it.

01-28-2013, 09:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
zattan22 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2006	I am running 2x6s 2650mah in parallel and 2x6s 3300mah in parallel. Somehow, I prefer the 2650mah as it is smaller and lighter pack than the 3300mah. The flight time between the 2 are not much difference, both hit 7-8mins and discharge 3.78v of the cells.

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