The battery used in ant awe 6

**lowtech** · 27th March 2011, 11:11

I need to buy a good battery and I have my eyes set on the one used in ant awe 6, I am looking for that battery and a charger for it.

**harry hills** · 27th March 2011, 11:24

probavly a lipo then

**teamshock** · 28th March 2011, 11:16

Hi,

I built Ant Awe 6 and it uses a 180mAh, 2 cell Lipo. I got mine from http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk but they don't seem to have the exact one which I use any more but this is the nearest one to it which they sell. http://micronradiocontrol.co.uk/lipo_efl.html (the second one)

As for the charger I use the Blue Arrow 2S/3S LiPo Charger (150mA - 550mA) which can be found here http://micronradiocontrol.co.uk/charger.html

Hope this helps

**archie2000** · 28th March 2011, 15:43

some chargers require a power supply (12v around 4 ah) to charge

**lowtech** · 31st March 2011, 06:13

Thanks for that I have now found with that info a similar lipo
2 question
Last time I use a duracell 9v battery and I had to build a power supply for it
will I have to with 7.4v
Will this charger do for it
http://www.art-tech.com/english/Article ... icleID=163
http://www.rcgraveyard.co.uk/losi-micro ... s-94-p.asp

**razerdave** · 31st March 2011, 22:32

Slight issue is that charger has a MINIUM setting to charge at 0.3A (300mA), which is too high for your 180mA lipos. No battery should ever be charged at over their capacity rating.

I would personally recommend a Pro Peak Quattro Plus. I've been using the original for 4 years now, never have a problem. The plus has the advantage because it has a built in mains plug, mine has a seperate 12v power supply.

BTW, when you said you had to build a power supply for a 9V battery, I'm not sure I follow.

**lowtech** · 1st April 2011, 05:57

Thanks I mean 9 volts was a too high voltage for my servo. Is 7.4 volts going to break them seeing as most servos have a voltage rating of 4.4-6 volts

**harry hills** · 1st April 2011, 07:17

yep, you need a regulator

**razerdave** · 1st April 2011, 09:02

It depends what servo you're using. HPXF's are tolerant of 7.4v, so are ome of the larger servos. HS82-MG can handle it when its used for a weapon, no good for a drive, but as a rule, servos prefer 6v.