Lightweight Battery for Corsair Black Devil M25Y or M21Y

[bholleran]

Hi,

I am looking to find a light weigh battery to replace my current lead acid one. I want one that I can just leave in place and have the on board charging of the engine keep it topped up.

I have seen this link:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4791&p=31696&hilit=battery#p31696

but there is no detail of where to buy one, It also is pictured with a standalone charge, but I would like to know if it would chatge correctly from the engine.

Also I found this which suggests it would work but any experience.

http://www.ebattonline.com/index.html

Thanks

Barry

[woody]

Hi Barry,

I too have a Black Devil electric start & the battery is heavy!

You can replace the lead acid with a LiPo battery but you must remove the charging part of the onboard electrics as you can not charge a LiPo using the current electrics. I dont know how to do this.

There is a bit of discussion about this across the pond as there are lots of Black Devil users over there.

There is also a BlackDevil group on yahoo - its actually called 'Corsairengines'

I'm sure there is something there about LiPo batteries.

Emailing the group or Alex Varve might help.

Hope that helps,

Woody

ps: what kind of fuel consumption do you get and what wing are you flying?

[paramotormike]

Try Vince at

www.custom-air.co.uk

Cheers

Mikey