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Offline Larry Wong

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battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« on: June 13, 2021, 02:58:46 PM »
what changes if I go to a bigger battery from 5 cells to 6 cells besides Volts? ???
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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2021, 03:45:55 PM »
Smaller MAH rating.
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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2021, 04:01:18 PM »
I was running 5s 2700mah and would finish a flight with about 15% left in the battery. Recently switched to 6s 2600mah and now finish with between 26 and 29% left depending on the weather. Just make sure your motor is rated for 6s and that the KV is around the 650 to 710 mark and it should work just fine.
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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2021, 06:06:07 PM »
I was running 5s 2700mah and would finish a flight with about 15% left in the battery. Recently switched to 6s 2600mah and now finish with between 26 and 29% left depending on the weather. Just make sure your motor is rated for 6s and that the KV is around the 650 to 710 mark and it should work just fine.
I experienced the same gain in "headroom" going from 5 to 6.  However I did not see any appreciable performance increase.  I am told that the boost from an active timer is better with a 6.  I settled on a 5s 2800.  If you need nose weight then adding battery is a good thing.

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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2021, 10:05:45 AM »
My next batch of batteries from thunderpower will be 6S, 2800mah, for the reasons outlined above. Currently using 5S
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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2021, 08:24:07 AM »
#clells x capacity is constant
For example 5 (cells) x 2800 (mAh)= 14000   6(cells) x 2333 (mAh)=14000  These two battery packs can be considered equivalent and store the same amount of power.

If you need nose weight it is best to put a bigger motor. First the weight is placed where it makes the most of it, second it will run cool which means no lost energy which will give more battery head room, third the ESC will work easier.

Another thing to consider going from 5S to 6S is the motor Kv. I like to run the motors slower with props in the 6-7 pitch range. In general I think 11000rpm as my base to calculate the Kv.
For example     5S=18.5V  11000/18.5=595Kv so any motor above 590Kv to low 600Kv will be fine on 5S
Similar             6S=22.2V  11000/22.2=495Kv so any motor above 500Kv to low 500Kv will be fine on 6S

As for effect think in terms of power demand from the system. Regardless of what you use in flight at the same moment and place in flight there is some power requirement to get the job done, this power is the product of Voltage and Amps, so if voltage goes up then amps will come down. So consequently if you rum higher voltage the amps will come down proportionally which mean the battery will have an easier workload and will be less hot. Keep in mind that during a flight there is some power requirement to complete the flight, if you have heat in the system (lost energy) that will be tagged in addition to the power required for the flight, simply put the battery will have to be bigger heavier and more expensive.   

The easiest best way to save weight is to oversize the motor. If you do this the ESC Amp requirement will drop (lower weight this alone perhaps will compensate for motor weight increase) with lower Amp requirement means the C rating of the battery can go down (even if you end up with the same capacity and cell count a lower C rated battery is lighter), and with less power required for the motor to get the job done that means the battery will require less capacity (that is cheaper by far).

I hope this clarifies some things and help. 
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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2021, 07:39:05 PM »
#clells x capacity is constant
For example 5 (cells) x 2800 (mAh)= 14000   6(cells) x 2333 (mAh)=14000  These two battery packs can be considered equivalent and store the same amount of power.

The use of the term "power" above is not quite correct. The two will have the same energy available.
Power is the rate at which the energy is used, and that depends on other factors.
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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2021, 08:30:13 PM »
The use of the term "power" above is not quite correct. The two will have the same energy available.
Power is the rate at which the energy is used, and that depends on other factors.

The power at the prop is a function of the prop speed and the airplane.  If the motor speed is tightly controlled (constant-current, or an active controller like a Burger or Fioretti system), and if the motor never runs out of voltage headroom, then the prop speed isn't affected by the battery voltage.

If the parts are all of about the same efficiency, then the power consumption from the battery is about the same.

Now, that last point is a moderately big "if" -- but if you have a setup that works well on 5 cells and is pretty close to running out of poop because of lack of voltage headroom, then for most motor/ESC combinations, the efficiency isn't going to go down by an appreciable amount if you go up to 6 cells.  In which case, for all practical purposes,

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Re: battery effect from 5cell to 6cell same 2800mah?
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2021, 09:19:25 PM »
All true :)

Just pointing out that power is not the same thing as energy.
In a technical discussion it is best to use the correct terms.:)
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