REFLECTOR: Odyssey Battery

[Keith Hallsten]

Chuck,

Sure - even a very small sealed lead-acid battery will crank the engine...
However, if you file IFR or fly at night and don't have a back-up alternator
you should consider establishing a minimum capacity for the battery that
will be sufficient to get you to your intended destination without breaking
a sweat.  That's an entirely different question and will depend on your
enroute electrical loads for, say, night flight.  If you stick to day VFR,
this is not a significant consideration unless you have an electrically
dependant engine (EFI, electrical fuel pump only).

Keith
  

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Chuck Jensen
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:16 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Odessey Battery

Is the Odessey PC 680 battery sufficient to crank the IO-540?

Chuck Jensen

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