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Here's an item or two from the latest catalogues, magazine advertising or websites - not necessarily all new products on the market, but items large and small that will be of interest.

If you contact any supplier as a result of reading this page, please be sure to mention ModelFlight.

Here are a couple of pieces of quality electronic equipment that I saw recommended on Yuchol Kim's personal website (see the personal profile page). I thought I would try and find out more, and here's the gen.

From what I've read about electric flight, this is likely to be of interest:

This is Astro Flight Inc's Super Whatt Meter, designed to take the guesswork out of electric flight. This smart-looking piece of gear will give you read-outs on

current draw up to 100 amps

nicad battery voltage up to 60 volts

motor input power up to 5,000 watts

nicad capacity up to 9,000 mAh

Using the Super Whatt Meter you can tune your motor for maximum power and proficiency, test your props and know which ones are best and discharge your nicads and know the mAh capacity. The cost is US$60.00

For more information on this and a host of other electric flight products, visit http://www.astroflight.com or e-mail info@astroflight.com

According to FMA Direct, this Super Nova 250 S charger is the most sophisticated battery conditioning system available today and at a price one third that of competing products. The Super Nova can discharge and rapid charge from 1 to 25 cells from a +12V DC supply such as a car battery or your field box battery.

The Super Nova is a microprocessor controlled cycler designed for power packs used by electric planes, cars and boats. The "super" feature is that the user can store the cycle parameters of up to 10 different battery packs in memory. The charger measures 5.71 x 3.62 x 1.57 inches and the price is US$128.50

http://www.fmadirect.com