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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dean:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A while back, when I was living in Las Vegas and
Greensboro, I made a quick trip to Vegas, got in late, and charged, my Extra 300
which had a Futaba radio. Took the airplane off charge after an all
night charge, went out to fly early the next morning. Put the plane in the air
and everything was normal except that it seemed slow on ailerons; not much, just
a little. Flew it twice, finally checked the battery, and found a dead
cell. Range was fine, everything was good, except the ailerons were just a
tad slow. As an old-time friend used to put it, "God just gave you your
airplane back." Amen!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bill Glaze</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=d.pappas@kodeos.com href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">Dean Pappas</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 24, 2006 11:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] NiMH
Question</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=393144616-24022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hey
Bob,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=393144616-24022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Remember the old Orbit ads with the picture of someone flying his plane
and then showing the battery with one "cutaway" cell?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><A
href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A></FONT> </P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob
Richards<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 24, 2006 11:38 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] NiMH
Question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>>>>NiCad's normally fail shorted and you have enough power to
land. NiMh's normally fail open and you will need another airplane to go
with your new battery.<<<</DIV>
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<DIV>Some of the old radios (Proline, for instance) had diodes across each
cell in the airborne pack, in case a cell went open. Also, if a cell died
(lost voltage) it would minimize the problem by preventing a cell from
reverse charging.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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