Starting out in Electrics

Electric for beginners was discussed in the Chat Room a few days ago and the questions asked included what's it all about and where do I find a beginners guide.

I'd forgotten that I subscribe to an Electrics Newsletter - Gibbs Guides - that includes, at least, a glossary of electric flight terms. You can subscribe to the free newsletter here:

www.gibbsguides.com/mailinglist.htm

which includes the glossary and other goodies. The guides themselves are downloadable for a fee but I've not yet gone that far!

if this thread does what it says on the can, then there are modelors the world over that would be interested, lots want to have a go, but have no idea, SO, its over to you guys, and i think any post that has a snipe, should be removed instantly

Has been, and will be in future

Garry

Andy has posted a very good link

Being somewhat safety minded I will add for those who wish to get started without reading it,,,Always treat an electric model as LIVE. Electric drive systems can and do start when you least expect them to. :woohoo:

Be safe, and enjoy, Bob

Couldnt agree more Bob, and very good advise. The only way that I know of to make a model safe is to buy, or make yourself a dedicated lead, which is inserted between lipo and ESC which incorperates an isolating plug. The trick here is to insert the plug just before take off, which means the model is safe when being carried out to the flight line. I do know it is possible to mix Throttle with itself, and assign this to a switch on the TX, but still means that the switch can be accidently knocked.

Whilst on about the safety side of the hobby, and not wishing to in any way start the I/C v Elec debate, just remember that if an I/C motor is stalled by a finger or hand it will stop. Not so with electric, as it is designed that when an extra load is put on the motor, it will still try to run until something burns out, which can take a few seconds.
Always treat any motor or engine with respect. Think twice and act once, is a good rule

Garry