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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=3>I stick with Thunder Power because the packs
have always performed well for me, they are a good weight, and very good
durability.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=3>Matt </FONT></EM></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=verne@twmi.rr.com href="mailto:verne@twmi.rr.com">Verne Koester</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">General pattern discussion</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2:57
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Power
batteries</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Verne Koester</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pamrich47@hotmail.com href="mailto:pamrich47@hotmail.com">Richard
Strickland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Power
batteries</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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> <BR>So I'm in a bit of a quandary. Any
thoughts? This should be interesting.<BR>RS<BR><BR>
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