Palanan
2013-12-27, 01:42 PM
Thanks to a rather generous gift from my cousin--the one who improves my vocabulary with terms like "arduino" and "hackerspace"--I now have a mini-quadcopter with a fancy RC controller.
And, it seems, a LiPo battery which will burn my house down.
Really. The instructions, which seem to be written by someone with no understanding of any Indo-European language, are disturbingly detailed as to the potential catastrophes involved in charging, using, storing, touching, or squinting at the LiPo battery.
And then I go online, looking for more information on how to charge the battery--a topic on which the instructions are sketchy and vague--and the RC forums are full of warnings about how LiPo batteries WILL BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN!!!
So. I know nothing about this kind of battery. Neither, it seems, did the people who stuck one in my quadcopter. --And did I mention the parts list doesn't match what's actually in the box? So all this has me, the English major, a little befuddled about battery-charging, not to mention slightly concerned about the house-burning side of things. How do I do this?
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And, it seems, a LiPo battery which will burn my house down.
Really. The instructions, which seem to be written by someone with no understanding of any Indo-European language, are disturbingly detailed as to the potential catastrophes involved in charging, using, storing, touching, or squinting at the LiPo battery.
And then I go online, looking for more information on how to charge the battery--a topic on which the instructions are sketchy and vague--and the RC forums are full of warnings about how LiPo batteries WILL BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN!!!
So. I know nothing about this kind of battery. Neither, it seems, did the people who stuck one in my quadcopter. --And did I mention the parts list doesn't match what's actually in the box? So all this has me, the English major, a little befuddled about battery-charging, not to mention slightly concerned about the house-burning side of things. How do I do this?
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