WingnutWick
Well Known Member
So I've had the RV-8 for 7 years and think I am on my 5th Odyssey PC680 now. From my experience it seems that as the central valley summer heat transitions towards winter, almost without fail the battery....fails. It'll start with a couple dicey starts and then fail to consummate a full start shortly thereafter.
Replacing batteries this often seems to be excessive and therefore I deduce that I am doing something wrong. I do not keep my battery on a tender and sometimes it will go a few weeks without flying. Outside of that, I am unsure what would cause this. Unless, for some reason...replacing batteries all the time in airplanes is the norm??
Looking forward to the insight out there!
Cheers
Charles
Replacing batteries this often seems to be excessive and therefore I deduce that I am doing something wrong. I do not keep my battery on a tender and sometimes it will go a few weeks without flying. Outside of that, I am unsure what would cause this. Unless, for some reason...replacing batteries all the time in airplanes is the norm??
Looking forward to the insight out there!
Cheers
Charles