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02-26-2014, 05:54 PM
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Location: Highland Village, TX
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Welcome EarthX Lithium?.new VAF sponsor.
Hats off and a big howdy to Kathy Nicoson from http://earthxmotorsports.com/, the newest sponsor helping bring VAF to you!
Their ad will be up in a few days, but until then I wanted to raise the big waving hand of thanks for helping keep the lights on.
Her username is ? EarthX Lithium? in the forums.
v/r,
dr
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02-26-2014, 06:03 PM
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Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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02-26-2014, 10:42 PM
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Location: Flower Mound, TX
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Aloha!
Welcome aboard!!
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Sid "Scroll" Mayeux, Col, USAF (ret)
52F NW Regional/Aero Valley Airport, Roanoke TX (home of DR's Van Cave)
"KELLI GIRL" N260KM RV-7A tipper
Catch her on YouTube's "Because I Fly!" channel
Exemption waived.
Proud and grateful 2021 -=VAF=- Contributor
PS: I am not an influencer. I have no influence. Just ask my kids.
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02-27-2014, 06:46 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Asheville, NC
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Welcome!
Looks like an EXT18B may be in my future since it appears to fit the PC680 box (with spacers).
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Bill Pendergrass
ME/AE '82
RV-7A: Flying since April 15, 2012. 850 hrs
YIO-360-M1B, mags, CS, GRT EX and WS H1s & A/P, Navworx
Unpainted, polished....kinda'... Eyeballin' vinyl really hard.
Yeah. The boss got a Silhouette Cameo 4 Xmas 2019.
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07-07-2015, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Windsor, CO
Posts: 258
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NEW AIRCRAFT BATTERY MODELS ARE HERE!
As promised to the Van's forum readers, you are the first to know that the new aircraft lithium batteries are now available for pre-order on the website and they are scheduled to ship at the end of July 17th week.
All of our batteries meet the criteria set forth by Rotax to be an approved lithium battery, (and we are the only lithium battery on the market to have this approval), but what these 3 new models bring (ETX680, ETX900, ETX1200) in addition to what the other models have is:
1. Redundant electronics for the BMS board
2. LED battery fault light indicator that can also be plugged into your control panel.
3. A higher cranking, more capacity models (ETX900, ETX1200) if you need or want more.
These new models will fit into any preexisting PC680 battery box hardware and we are also going to have an aluminum battery box for sale as well on the site that is rated for 30 G Force, and 7 ounces of weight. That isn't on the site yet, but by end of tomorrow it should be there. Check it out at www.earthxmotorsport.com
Thanks Van's for all your support!
Kathy
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07-08-2015, 07:41 AM
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Correct url
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RV-9 Flying
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07-08-2015, 08:18 AM
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Location: State of Bliss
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Welcome Aboard
I use the ETX36C as my aux battery & have found it useful for running avionics & additional starting power.
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07-08-2015, 10:08 AM
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Kathy,
If EarthX has truly designed a " drop-in" replacement for the Odyssey 680 that provides better specs, features, and performance... then EarthX has been listening... Thank you!  |
12-24-2015, 08:14 AM
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Location: Sherrills Ford, NC (Lake norman area)
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What is new!
Have not heard much from you in awhile, anything new at EarthX?
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Lake Norman, NC (14A)
RV7a N705RP (no longer own)
Contribution in for 2017, money well spent
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12-24-2015, 08:50 AM
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Not answering for EarthX, but just wanted to say that my EarthX battery is fantastic. Because I have a slightly larger 70 amp alternator (rather than the stock 60 amp), I went with EarthX's larger ETX900 80 amp battery. It's not quite a drop-in solution: It's thicker by about 1/8" fore to aft than the stock Odyssey battery. Therefore, I had to modify my existing battery box to accomodate the EarthX, but that was only about an hour of experimentation and building fun. 
The battery is STRONG! I had to get used to the manner in which EarthX recharges after engine start. When you engage the alternater after engine start, the EarthX takes FULL amperage from the alternator. In my case, it's just under 70 amps for about 10-15 seconds, then it drops back down the 3 or 4 amps of current system load. With that in mind, I'm going to beef my alternator-to-solonoid lead from 8 AWG to 3 AWG just to make me feel better.
I love this battery.
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Sid "Scroll" Mayeux, Col, USAF (ret)
52F NW Regional/Aero Valley Airport, Roanoke TX (home of DR's Van Cave)
"KELLI GIRL" N260KM RV-7A tipper
Catch her on YouTube's "Because I Fly!" channel
Exemption waived.
Proud and grateful 2021 -=VAF=- Contributor
PS: I am not an influencer. I have no influence. Just ask my kids.
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