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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Glad to hear you’re enjoying the E
side. <g><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have to admit to being hardheaded also,
so take it from me and if you haven’t read Earl’s recommendations yet
go do it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have not followed the “cool”
storage and cool before recharge recommendations completely and I
think it cost me this past year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s just too easy for me to leave
everything in my Tahoe and fly after work, but the daytime summer temps really
hurt my batteries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Eddie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tommy Scarmardo<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:32
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">General
pattern discussion</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
Power batteries</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>After much prodding and poking from my buddies in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>, Eddie
Batchelor and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nat Penton, I started flying electric this year and
I'm just new enough at it to be hard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>headed. I can purchase eight Zippy Flight Max
4S 5000 mah lipos for what two<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Flight Power lipos cost, I guess I'll find out this
year how long they last. Right now the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>performance is excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>tommy s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Tue, 2/10/09, Verne Koester <i><span
style='font-style:italic'><verne@twmi.rr.com></span></i></span></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From: Verne Koester
<verne@twmi.rr.com><br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power batteries<br>
To: "<st1:PersonName w:st="on">General pattern discussion</st1:PersonName>"
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 2:57 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>FlightPower has a new series of packs they're calling
"Eon" and claim greatly enhanced cycle life. I'm not aware of anybody
who's used them yet or if they're even available (the announcement came out a
couple months ago). I flew FlightPower Evo's last year with good
results. When new, they made too much power and I actually dual-rated them
down to a more manageable level. After about 50 cycles, they seemed to settle
in to a more manageable level and stayed constant for the rest of the season.
I plan to buy a couple of pairs of FlightPower Eons this spring to try out
and also have available if the Evo's start losing power. My limited
experience (3 seasons) in electric is that most packs will run strong the
first year and then drop to unacceptable levels the second, at least, that
was the case with the batteries I flew my first two years. In fairness, and I
won't mention the manufacturer, I didn't store them properly out of
ignorance, so that might be a reason, or the reason the power dropped off the
second year.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:pamrich47@hotmail.com" target="_blank"
title="pamrich47@hotmail.com">Richard Strickland</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank"
title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Tuesday,
February 10, 2009 12:29 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
[NSRCA-discussion] Power batteries<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>OK, new subject: All my
sets of batteries were close to the end of their useful lives this last
season. All are showing fairly high resistance values and most were
noticeably down on power. Shot. Kaput. <br>
Soo.. I've got to go invest in four sets. Tru's lighter sets enable me
to make weight--but I'm not crazy about the durability with some of Orland's
experience--although they have replaced bad(slightly squishy--puffed would be
too strong a term) packs under warranty. I don't know how their larger
and higher rated packs hold up and they 'only' put me over a couple
oz. Price is pretty good.<br>
The older Tanics I had actually held up the best over time--but the newer
ones have not--and fairly expensive--but I drive by 'em twice a day and
wave. I had a set of Kokam 4800s and they didn't hold up well either
and I think they have abandoned the larger battery market--
were/are expensive. I'm hearing Flightpower mentioned
often and wonder if they have a battery guru that gives pattern guys a
break. I never really got serious about TP as at one time they had--as
far as I was concerned--too many cells in their packs--but perhaps it's time
to re-visit.<br>
We also had some of the original FMA 5000s and they weren't all that great
either--but may have improved with a new cell vendor.<br>
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So I'm in a bit of a quandary. Any thoughts? This should be
interesting.<br>
RS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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