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Originally Posted by Mike Shaul
If IFI does make updates/changes I hope/suggest they update the power supply to OR the 12 volt supply with the backup battery. The external backup battery circuit seems unnecessary when a few diodes would take care of it and the battery being required for servos is annoying (we got nailed at nationals and lost the backup battery mount... and our camera went with it... almost no points for us that match).
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Actually, there is a very good reason for the backup battery. If you put a lot of draw on the 12v battery, it's voltage can drop very low. If it drops too low, the RC loses power, shuts off, and then reinitializes when it powers back up. The backup battery keeps this from happening, so even if your motors die a little, you won't have a few seconds of being dead on the field.