<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>You've got a point there (LiPO vs. NiMH)! Just kidding about the weight of the foam - I'm really anal about saving weight. I'll give the packing foam a try when it gets cold here.</DIV>
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<DIV>John Pavlick<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 10/9/08, Tom Simes <I><simestd@netexpress.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Tom Simes <simestd@netexpress.com><BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Park Flier<BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 6:35 PM<BR><BR><PRE>On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:18:17 -0700 (PDT)
John Pavlick <jpavlick@idseng.com> wrote:
> Packing foam? Too heavy!!! LOL Actually that might be worth a try. I
> usually just keep the batteries in my van and then fly for a short
> time.
Too heavy?! I'll take 1mm packing foam wrapped lipos over NiCd packs
any day! The first time I flew a foamie outside in the winter I took
the pack straight out of my warm pocket, put it on the plane and the
performance was so bad I though I had accidently attached a discharged
pack - the flight time was less than 1/2 what I was used to. Without
the insulation the packs loose heat so quickly that they can't keep
themselves warm. If you're flying below freezing, try the packing foam
- you'll like it.
Tom
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