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04.05.2006, 10:09 PM

Lipo chargers work, and charging has been tested to 3C without any adverse effects (yet).

Serum, I have only seen specs, no discharge graphs or anything. But, supposedly these cells will last for more cycles than LiPo cells do.

BrianG, cell phone/appliance Li-Ion cells typically are only good for up to 2C discharge or so. The battery you listed is probably the ~2C type, and undoubtedly won't work in RC (except for 1/18 maybe, if they fit).

Batfish, my opinion is that the casing adds weight. You also might not be able to get as much power out of the pack because the wires might not be thick enough. Soldering to these cells is easy, and I'll bet that even sub-c battery bars could be used! But, if you wanted to keep the pack intact and use the approved charger, go right ahead!

fishmasterdan, do you use the same user name on RC Groups by any chance?

Once my birthday comes around (end of this month), I should have enough cash to buy the 2 packs in my original post. Then I can report on them and give some EagleTree MicroPower graphs.


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