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How much current draw?

1/12/2011 12:08 AM

Roger

Joined: 1/5/2011

Posts: 270

How much current draw?

What's the current draw for the IFly700, at say, 12-14 volts? Haven't found this anywhere.

1/12/2011 11:51 AM

Don R. Bush, RV-7A, GE30

Joined: 1/10/2011

Posts: 18

Re: How much current draw?

I can tell you that the cigarette lighter adapter is fused @ 2 Amps fast-blow 250 Volts. The tip screws off to replace the fuse.

Hope this helps,

Don

1/12/2011 12:54 PM

Walter

Joined: 7/8/2009

Posts: 2778

Re: How much current draw?

When full bright the iFly draws 600mah at 12v.

-Walter

Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot

4/27/2011 8:19 AM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

Re: How much current draw?

Could you confirm, the iFly only draws 600 milliamps max? At 12V, that's only 7.2W, which seems a little low to me (but I'm no expert in current consumption for small electronics!).

If true, that's good news. I'm thinking about cobbling together a homemade rechargeable battery pack, and it seems like 8 2500mah AAs in series might provide a reasonable runtime for me, depending on battery performance and iFly voltage tolerance.

4/27/2011 9:48 AM

Walter

Joined: 7/8/2009

Posts: 2778

Re: How much current draw?

Correct, 600mah at 12 volts. Keep in mind AA batteries are 2500 mah at 1.5 volts, and you only get that many amp hours from an AA in a slow-discharge environment. I'd guess you will get an hour of iFly power with 8 batteries.

If you want to go with an off the shelf solution, here is an interesting option: http://www.21st-century-goods.com/pro... (This is not an endorsement. I got one of these and the device is cool...but the included batteries were crappy. I'd replace them with a name brand of some sort)

-Walter

Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot

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