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After some advice I have tried a few things to recover some missing power from the FMS T28 power set-up. It doesn't appear to be delivering maximum power according to the way George's flies and also from his experience.

1. Adjusted the throttle endpoints in the radio. Appears to have no effect.
2. Recalibrated the throttle range on the ESC. Ditto.
3. Did a full power static run this morning with current measurement. Got to 30A then slowly reduced to 20A over 30 seconds (wtf?). Checked the ESC, not hot. No obvious issues to I have decided that the 4S 2600 battery loaned to me from Gazz has to be faulty. Confirmed by putting a 4S 3000 Nanotech on and got a solid 32A without power reduction.

I am thinking I might change the ESC now to the Align 60A ESC from the Trex500 and check it then. Next would be say a 4S 4000 Nanotech to see if I can get the power up.

The plane flies well enough mind you but feels as though it should have more zip on full throttle and gear up.

Dave

I don't think you need to go to a 4000mah 4S to get the power up. your 4S 2600 should provide 100A with out any trouble. If you want to increase the current draw you might try load it with a bigger prop and see if that makes it suck the juice a bit more.

I think the drop from 30A to 20A with the first pack is certainly telling you something about that pack being a bit suspect.

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