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Re: protable controls w/o using teather

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Originally Posted by Pat McCarthy
Can you use one of the blue rechargeable RC backup batteries? Do they have enough voltage to run the OI? They're about 7 volts or so.
Yea, this year i powered my team's controller with the little blue batteries. Surprisingly enough the OI will operate. Our batteries were always overcharged by the charger. But as the batteries die you will notice strange OI behavior, luckily when the batteries start to die the radio is the first thing to stop working.
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