Ryan Trautmann

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Parallel or Series for a Setup using 2 LiPo Packs? (RC Cars, Airplanes, Boats)

Parallel vs Series of 2 LiPo Batteries

There are many RC’s on the market that are setup in such a way to use 2 LiPo battery packs. Theoretically, you can have any RC Airplane, Car, Boat, Helicopter or Drone setup using 2 battery packs. However, it is fairly common that RC manufactures would setup higher powered vehicles in this way. In this …

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How Many Batteries are used in an RC Jet Turbine Airplane

Jet Turbines are simply an incredible part of RC. However they are also quite complex to operate. One of the most important parts of a Jet Airplane is the batteries that exist on board. How many batteries does a typical RC Jet Turbine ? Well there are (hint) quite a bit of batteries that exist …

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How to Improve Cogging – ESC Motor Hesitation on Startup

Firstly, I have to state that cogging is actually not the term to use here. However, since this term is commonly used within the RC community, I want to be sure that all can still find the improvements to the motor hesitation that we will be covering. For a deeper understanding as to what cogging …

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How an RC Model Jet Turbine Works

How an RC Model Jet Turbine Works

A Jet turbine is such an awesome engineering feat, not to mention how cool they look, sound and perform! Being able to have the opportunity to use these engines in our Radio Control models is totally awesome. A typical jet turbine used for RC is capable of spinning over 100,000RPM in order to produce the …

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3D Printed Radio Box for 1/8 Scale Hobao VSE Buggy Free Download

3D Printed Hobao VSE Buggy Box with Flanges

Download this Printable File on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4300018 The trigger for me to design and print this radio box came from a requirement that the physical internal size of the stock box was too small. I could not get the radio that I wanted to use in the stock box. What was required was a new box …

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