You can use the PowerEx Pro but they will be lackluster in lasting through the trench and they may get very hot. If they get too hot to touch, don't use them. I have a whole tin full of junk cells from various valid sources. I have a couple of old Glyph cells, the ones with the logo stamped on the end, that work amazingly well. Otherwise, not worth it.
Now the 5000mah Ni-Mh conversion - yea, that one is a good way to stay portable. Get use to the vape and see if you want to take it further. You could just get hooked like me. Silly question - how are your hobby skills?
The power adapter is probably fine as long as it is not abused. If it is a DOA or early failure, MF will replace it.
45 pages and I filter to the top. Figures. The Launch box was my first vape back in August '19. My other vape is DynaVap but that is just a workhorse. The LB is a 'session'. if not an obsession well nurtured. My VAS, my vape acquisition syndrome, is tempered by coming up with DIY solutions. Talk to me about induction heaters sometime. If it wasn't for that, I'd go broke on VAS!
My hobby skills aren’t great, however I do build scratch fpv drones, some inside ones, my largest is a 5inch prop that I swear hits atleast 50mph. I vape and have built a “mech box” setup that worked great, but I mostly just followed directions haha.
As for my induction heater for the dynavap, that was fun. I spent maybe 30 bucks getting the parts, had some spare wood and made a little box, an on off switch and it wasn’t fancy, but it heats the vapcap up in about 3-5 seconds so that’s nice. You gotta adjust the coil, that’s the biggest reason people get mad at these things. Space that puppy out and you can have a fast ramp up (3-5 seconds) or you can go for the slow burn (10-20 seconds) there is a pro and con for each, but I’m garbage so I went for full power lolz.
mill try the powerex, I understand battery safety with the lipo fpv drone batteries, and obviously ecig 18650 and similar sizes.
I noticed you guys on that thread were stuck on the idea of 18650, but a lipo 1 or 2 cell battery would probably give you a full day or stoner smoking, considering the abuse I put them through on my drone (40amp per motor/4motors, we get like 3-5 min of aggressive flight time, I’ve puffed countless lipos and even had one catch fire mid flight!)
Also there is the shorter 18350’s used in non chip protected mech mods, the issue is the coil must be built to control the output, not sure how to rig that up for this though.
If you have any questions with the induction heater leme know, it was an easy build, and I think I got the plans from the old site tbh. 10/10 makes the vapcap a beast, I never used a torch, but did use a big until my parts came in. a solid, consistent no hotspot heat up that a flame just can’t achieve.
not seem much on nimh conversion but I’m familiar With the battery, my fpv battery smart changer charger can do pretty much anything, and even has balancing modes for multi cell packs.
sorry that was pretty jumbled, I’m kinda baked atm
merit:I have miscalculated your vape-foo,
And see you already understand, better than me, the ins and outs of the induction heaters haha. There’s SO MUCH to learn here
Welcome to the newFC Magic Flight Launch Box thread.
