[NSRCA-discussion] JR 10X conversion to LiPo

[Budd Engineering]

Yep, and I couldn't be happier.

True R/C 2500 mAh LiPo's, $30 each, fits inside the 10X battery holder  
with a minor amount of trimming with the Dremel tool.  I bought one  
set to try, liked it so well I bought another and converted the spare  
battery pack.  That way I can charge them out of the transmitter (not  
that it matters, the charge rate is so low that the risk of a mishap  
is about the same as with NiCads or NiMh).

I screwed around with a couple sets of NiMH's for the past several  
years, they were a total waste of time, the self discharge rate got to  
where I had to re-charge them if I didn't fly within a day or so of  
the previous charge

The LiPo's peak up at 12.5 V, essentially the same voltage as a good  
set of NiCads, and discharge almost linearly, so it's easy to assess  
their state of discharge.

http://home.comcast.net/~truerc/ready_pack/ready_packs.htm

Thx, Jerry

Budd Engineering
jerry at buddengineering.com
http://www.buddengineering.com

On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:56 AM, vicenterc at comcast.net wrote:

> Has anyone done the conversion?
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Vicente "Vince" Bortone
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