NIMH TX pack

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Derek,

On Earl Haury's suggestion I bought my first NiMH airborne pack from Radical 
RC in Georgia, about 2 seasons ago. The fellow who runs Radical appears to 
really know his stuff. He is the real deal. He has written a pretty good article 
(on his website)
, regarding the care and feeding of NiMH bats, that is worthwhile reading. 

The key thing he talks about is setting the battery capacity when the battery 
is new, uncharged. He stresses to charge the battery at the 0.1C rate the 
first couple times. Thern fast charging isn't a problem and is actually 
recommended

Earlier this year I also bought the TX bat
 to go with the airborne. I followed that expert's advice to the letter and 
have been very happy with the results, (some 70 chrge cycles later on the 
airborne)

About the only thing I do now is place the bats on charge on the SIRIUS 
Charger, on the way to the field, and by the time I get there, they are charged 
(1000 ma charge rate)

Matt K

> Subj:NIMH TX pack 
> Date:10/9/2003 4:54:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:derekkoopowitz at earthlink.net">derekkoopowitz at earthlink.net</A>
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> 
> I just ordered a new (replacement) TX NimH battery pack from Cermark.  It is 
> a 1650mah pack.  I've never had a NimH pack before so I'd like to find out 
> from the experts out there if there is anything I need to do differently than 
> a standard NiCad pack.  Can I use my Alpha 4 to charge it?  I do have a 
> Dymond charger that I can use and I know that it does support NimH but I'd prefer 
> to use the Alpha 4 because of its AC/DC versatility.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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