Instruction manual

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• Whentransportingortemporarilystoringthebattery,thetemperaturerangeshould
befromapproximately40–100°F.Donotstorethebatteryormodelinahotgarage,
carordirectsunlightwheneverpossible.Ifstoredinahotgarageorcarthebattery
canbedamagedorevencatchfire.
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• Donotover‐dischargetheLiPoflightbattery.DischargingtheLiPoflightbatterytoa
voltagethatistoolowcancausedamagetothebatteryresultinginreducedpower,
flightdurationorfailureofthebatteryentirely.
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 LiPocellsshouldnotbedischargedtobelow3.0Veachunderload.Inthecaseofthe
3‐Cell/3S11.1VLiPobatteryusedtopowertheP‐51DMustang350youwillnotwant
toallowthebatterytofallbelow9.0Vduringflight.
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 Theincluded15‐AmpBrushlessMotorESC(AZS1410)featuresa‘soft’lowvoltage
cutoff(LVC)thatsmoothlyreducespowertothemotor(regardlessofthepower
levelyouhavesetwiththeleft‐hand/throttlestick)toletyouknowthevoltageof
thebatteryisclosetothe9.0Vminimum.
However,evenbeforethisreductionin
power,ifyoufindthatmorethanthetypicalamountofthrottle/powerisrequired
tocruiseorclimbyoushouldlandthemodelanddisconnectthebatteryimmediately
topreventover‐discharge.
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AndwhileitispossibletocontinueflyingthemodelafterthesoftLVCoccursthisis
NOTrecommended.Continueddischargingcanresultinreachingthe5.0V‘hard’LVC
whichmaycausepermanentdamagetotheLiPobatteryresultinginreducedpower
andflightdurationduringsubsequentfights(orfailureof
thebatteryentirelywhich
isnotcoveredunderwarranty).
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Also,itisnotrecommendedthatyouflytothesoftLVCeverytimeyoufly.Instead
youshouldbeawareofthepowerlevelofthebattery/airplanethroughoutthe
flight,andifatanytimetheairplanebeginstorequiremorethrottle/powerthan
typicaltomaintaincruiseorclimbyou
shouldlandtheairplaneanddisconnectthe
LiPobatteryimmediately.ConstantlydischargingthebatterytothesoftLVCcanstill
causepermanentdamagetothebatterysoit’sbesttouseatimerorstop‐watchto
timethedurationofyourflightsandtostopflyingatareasonable
timebeforethe
softLVCisreached.
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IMPORTANTNOTE:DONOTLEAVETHELIPOBATTERYCONNECTEDTOTHEESC
UNLESSYOUAREREADYTOFLY.IFTHEBATTERYISLEFTCONNECTEDTOTHEESC
WHENITISNOTINUSETHELIPOBATTERYWILLBEOVER‐DISCHARGEDBYTHE
SMALLAMOUNTOFCURRENTTHEESCPULLS.Itcan
sometimestakeafewhoursor
evenuptoafewdaystoover‐dischargethebatterythiswaybutdoingsowilllikely
causepermanentdamagetoorfailureofthebatteryentirely(whichisnotcovered
underwarranty).