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Originally Posted by BrianG
There is quite a bit of difference between caps and batteries. Batteries release energy through a chemical process, and the cells have a fairly constant voltage. While caps simply discharge via the built-up energy between their plates. A cap might be at X voltage, but as soon as you put a load on them, the voltage drops more and more until discharged.
Now, caps can be used in conjunction with batteries for best results. A suitable array of caps can be used to supply the burst currents that is pulled when accelerating and take-off. The batteries would see a more constant current load. This would reduce the need for such high C rate batteries.
I guess if you want to equate a cap as a battery, think of caps like low mAh, very high C rate cells...
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could there be a type of regulator that would control the power from a capacitor to produce less voltage and more amperage? In some of my recent science books I have on Quantum Physics we are producing more things that are much smaller in size including a guitar that is the size of an atom that can actually play audible notes. I am especially interested in scientists coming up with new forms of power, I have been reading about atom colliders and the key seems to be is to keep making things smaller
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