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Re: Are Capacitors Legal?

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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
Great I have a 54 Farad capacitor bank I wanted to use and I didn't want to go buy a couple and have it be illegal. I think on second thought though ill wait until kickoff to see what Dave Lavery pull out of his sleeve this year. I'm looking forward to it.
As per the custom circuit rules, you could use that capacitor bank, but you could never use that stored power on any sort of output device. In fact, the output has to be connected to the analog inputs, digital I/O, TTL Serial Port, or Program Port. So, if you want to use your bank to fry your RC, nothing is stopping you (well, except for the hazardous devices rules).

EDIT: A 54 farad bank would probably violate the cost limits as well.
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