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How much experience do you have with the lithium polymer batteries commonly used on hobbyist drones? I've been flying for a little over a year now and personal
by Phlarp 11y ago
How much experience do you have with the lithium polymer batteries commonly used on hobbyist drones?
I've been flying for a little over a year now and personally seen some pretty gnarly LiPo failures in that time.
I would _not_ want to be flying on a plane with one of those hitting the turbines. Would you?
- astrodust 11y agoI think the worst thing is not the fire, but what happens if the wiring gets gummed up on some blades and unbalances the engine. These things turn at a crazy number of RPM, so even a small amount of weight off-balance could cause them to vibrate and self-destruct catastrophically if it hit the right harmonic.
- simcop2387 11y agoGiven the speeds I'm not even sure it'd take that. The debris being sucked in I think would be enough to break/bend a blade or two which would unbalance it just as easily. Making even more debris for the rest of the engine.
- kordless 11y agoThose blades are crazy tough and the battery is the least of your worries when ingesting a drone. I'd be more concerned about the motors doing the damage to the blades.
- kordless 11y agoHowdy! I've been flying all sorts of R/C for 25 years, so quite a bit of experience. Had them splode/catch on fire occasionally. Jet engines are quite a bit bigger than said batteries and the flows through them are sufficient to exhaust most, if not all, of the battery out the ass end before the lithium could experience thermal runaway (which is what li-ion fires are).