LX60B Pro Elysium AC/DC. £58.49 RRP: £69.99. Delivery Charge - £6.49 Reviews ( 0 ) - Review this item. Click on pdf link for instruction manual. I have just bought a HPI Vorza Flux with the: Fusion Elysium LX60B Pro & x4 Tornado Prof 3700mah 11.1V 3S Is it easy to use? Can anyone link m. Fusion Elysium LX60B Pro Charger. It may be some sort of manufacturers test point as it doesn't say anything about it in the manual. RCMF; Level 1. INTELLIGENT CHARGER, DISCHARGER, CYCLER AND BALANCER The Elysium 60B Pro is a high performance unit for charging, discharging and cycling batteries at home or the field.
Let's take an overview of the Fusion LX60B Pro Charger Elysium. Winter flying? Cold and short days?
Who wants to play with glow fuel, flicking props with cold hands? This is where electric flight has an advantage. Plug in a battery and go. If your considering electric flight as an alternative or something else rather than an IC engine, there are a few things to consider.
I am assuming your looking at LiPo packs for power. NimH is virtually redundant now for aircraft although still used in RC Car and Boat.
So, how many batteries will I need, how to charge them. Well it's all a matter of how much flying you wish to do in any one session and how much to spend. I won't go into the full usage of this Charger as the Manual is easily readable.
I'll just cover the main aspects and what newbies may want to know to get flying quickest. As you can see from the main image this charger comes supplied with everything you need to get you started. A charger/discharger unit, a multi-plug lead, a balance board (JST/XH) and mains lead (for the UK a standard 'kettle' lead). At the date of this article it is still widely available and prices vary from £49 to £69 depending on where you purchase. If you are using certain manufacturers LiPo packs you may need to purchase a balance board to suit.
In my case the JST/XH was supplied. Check with supplier! Thunder Power packs for instance.
Turnigy, GensAce, Nanotech all us the JST/XH balance plug. The unit comes with a fly lead built on with crocodile clips to connect to 12 volt car batteries. The 240v main lead gives you the advantage of being able to charge at home form the domestic socket. So you can pre-charge the packs before leaving for the field.
The charger is able to charge from 1 to 6 cells, and cells, lead acid batteries 1 - 6 cells at a maximum of 6 amps. For LiPo the charge rate of 6 amps is for 2 cells, so the reduction in charge capacity goes down depending on the number of cells you are charging.
For instance, I have used 3 amps for a 3 cell LiPo pack with no issues many times. Of course the time it takes to charge a battery pack depends on the capacity, the level of charge still left and also the charge rate. For example, my 3000maH 3 cell packs at a discharged state of 25% will take approx 40 mins. Which leads on to battery packs and how many? This is all down to personal preference, how long do you want to fly for and cost. We will cover that later. Simplicity the Key For simplicity this charger is ideal for a starter unit and if you are quite happy with aircraft up to 60 size although generally I would suggest Indoor and 25 - 50 size models would be more suited.
So, using the Fusion 60B Pro Elysium. From left to right the buttons are Battery Type(yellow), Increase, Decrease (grey) and Enter (Start Stop) (green). After plugging in, either mains or 12 volt, the unit will power up and display the last used program. The battery type button is continuously pressed to call up the the type of battery.
We are using a LiPo 3 cell (11.1 volt) Pressing the Enter button will enable the next set of settings. The display will request the capacity of the pack, for example 2200maH. Use the grey buttons to increase or decrease the capacity.
Once set then press Enter again and the voltage of the pack will display 11.1 v (3cells). If correct press Enter again and the charge current will flash, 2.2amps.
Press Enter again and the settings are held. Assuming you have plugged in your LiPo pack, the power leads connected (ensure correct polarity) and the balance lead from the cells is also connected via the balance board, pressing and hold for a second will initiate the charging process. From the example above you will notice that we are charging the pack at 1C, ie; charge current is equal to the battery packs capacity. Casio G-shock Awg-101-1aer Manual there. It is possible to charge the pack at a higher rate, many packs declare a charge rate capability of 5C or 5 times pack capacity.