Hi Brian, I bought and carried a sea anchor parachute (to be launched from the cockpit but streams just off dead ahead) full kit unused thankfully. After I had bought it I became certain that I had

Hello all, What are your thoughts on using a para-anchor or storm rated sea anchor type setup? Brian Riggs Future Amel Owner

Hi Scott, I am full of admiration for your bold step into Lithium. I was tempted two and a bit years ago when I bought Amelia but I decided I wanted to go with Firefly AGM carbon foam but then I

Hi folks, We will be wintering ashore this year at Ardrossan, Scotland where there is a possibility of subzero temperatures and I intend to take measures to combat possible damage due to freezing.

Thanks Scott; We do use LIPO, LI-ION and LiFEpo4 in our hobby and am familiar with the safety vs. energy storage, weight, # of cycles differences. I agree that that LiFepo4 would be the safest

Mohammad, Both Victron, which I have and Mastervolt use lifepo4 chemistry, a much safer (but less energy dense) technology than the lithium ion that is more common. I don't know much about RC planes,

Thanks Ken My initial issue is to get the cotter pin out, the rod won't turn ...I'm going to have to destroy the pin and then try again Cheers Alan ELYSE SM437

Hi Scott; Very impressive numbers. I am familiar the Lithium battery technology and all the benefits you mention, since we have been using it in giant scale radio control airplane models (Up to

Eric, Thank u very much for your help. This time it was faster for us to order from Dessalator France. 1 day delivery time only. We have been a bit in a hurry to get it working because we got

I did this in one of my videos called "Booms and Running Rigging! Changes and what they cost" Not sure if you have the same car or not, but this is how I did

Hi, Thanks for the info. I don’t know what is available in Italy , however Amazon has a few. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Very interesting re serial vs parallel. I do find a big drop in production with shading, much better days if the wind keeps the solar pointed towards the sun. I’ll have to run a bit more wire to the

Porter, I guess you mean far from the panels to the mppt? Maybe you can experiment with parallel to see if you get higher output. I believe parallel is better than serial when you have shading on

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Very cool...Hope I’m able to still do that when I’m 82. This is my cool ne airplane.

Hi The aft lazarette shore power breaker is mounted in a plastic purpose made housing with just the breaker switches protruding. The manual transfer switch is housed in the original housing of the

We run in series as it’s a bit far from the mppt 90v to the mppt Porter Excuse the errors. Sent from my IPhone Www.fouribis.com

Hanspeter, Things must be lost in translation for both of us. My mind was blown when learning about lithium and after a year aboard with it, I can attest that many of the advantages are real. I'll

I am not familiar with the sizing on the Mastervolt inverter/chargers, but for Victron their 8000va model was too heavy for my piece of mind. Agree with you on keeping the genset. I rarely run it but

Porter, You've astutely pointed out one of the major advantages of Lifepo4. Charging your lead (?) batteries between 80-100% maximizes their longevity but results in them having trouble accepting