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Old 11-08-2011, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
...and I've been considering getting a Pratt Hobbies 12 volt system to regain those capabilities *without* the need for a car battery.
One thing to keep in mind, while 12V is definitely the starting point for a reliable launch controller, if you want truly high performance (for example, lighting clusters w/o benefit of low current ignitors) then build/buy/get a relayer. That way, the battery is close to the pad and you avoid the voltage/current robbing effects of long wires. Your handset can still be 50 feet or more from the pad, but the distance from the battery to the ignitor is only a few feet.

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