How to choose RC lipo battery?
Oct 30th 2016
With the development of participation in playing aeromodelling, hobbyist has paid more and more attention on the selection of the RC lipo battery. For the selection of the RC lipo battery, it carries on the explanation mainly from two aspects of battery's voltage and capacity:
1. Voltage of battery
Its voltage should be the same or a bit higher than the voltage of electric motor.2. Capacity of battery
Unit of the battery capacity is AH, and there is the larger capacity and the larger size under the same voltage. For example, the electric motor has the working current of 10A and the voltage of 12V, which is 10A*12V= 120W. If equipped with the 12V/10AH batteries, the electric motor can work for an hour. If the rated working current of the 120W/12V DC motor is about 10A, its battery capacity is 40Wh when it works as the maximum power of 120W for 20 minutes, and the capacity required for the battery pack is about 12V4Ah, and the equipped lithium battery is power-type battery.Structure of lithium battery
Usually, lithium batteries have two common types of shape, including cylinder shape and square shape. It is used the helical coiling structure as the internal of battery, and made intervals between the positive and negative electrodes by a kind of polyethylene film isolation material with high intricacy and strong permeability. The positive electrode is the current collector composed of lithium cobalt oxide and aluminum foil, and the negative electrode is the current collector composed of graphitized carbon material and copper foil. Battery is filled with organic electrolyte solution, and installed with safety valve and PTC components, in order to protect the battery from damage in abnormal conditions and when the output is short-circuited.