<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Bob, <br>I just got three sets of Compacts. Did you break them in at all before blasting into the full pattern? The jury seems split on whether to do a break-in or not, except the TP and PU folks seem religious about it.<br><br>I also just got a set of new Zippy 20C/5000 "regulars", and two of the three are pretty much toast after about 10 flights. My plane maxes out at about 65 amps during the Masters, so I'll not beating the horse. <br><div><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Thanks, <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>John<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bob Kane <getterflash@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:45 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Zippy 5S pack weight findings<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5194457714"><div><div
style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>I only have a couple of cycles on them. The power is fine, I have way too much with any of the packs :)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">I keep track of the cycles and report later in the season.</div><div></div><div> </div><div>Bob Kane<br>getterflash@yahoo.com<br></div> <div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ed White <edvwhite@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 12, 2013 2:41 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Zippy 5S pack weight findings<br> </font> </div> <div class="yiv5194457714y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5194457714"><style type="text/css"><!--#yiv5194457714 DIV {margin:0px;}--></style><div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Bob, what has been your experience with the Zippy Compact packs? How do they hold up?<br><br>Ed White<br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bob Kane <getterflash@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> nsrca <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, May 12, 2013 11:03:14 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion] Zippy 5S pack weight findings<br></font><br>
<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span><font size="3">I own two different types of Zippy lipo packs, all 5000mAH, 5S, 25C. I have 4 older copies of the "regular" pack, 4 </font>copies<font size="3"> of the Zippy Compact , and 2 new copies of the regular pack. I was getting the newest set ready to use and noticed they seemed heavier than the older packs. I compared them, and found the new packs to be made up of slightly thicker cells and the wires were heavier gauge. I weighed them all, and these are the results:</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><font size="3">Old Zippy 25C: 640g/pack (45.2 oz total for two packs)</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><font size="3">New Zippy 25C: 690g/pack (48.7 oz </font></span>total for two packs)</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><font size="3">Zippy Compact 25C: 600g/pack</font></span><span><font size="3"> (42.3 oz </font></span>total for two packs)</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">The HK website shows the weight of the regular 25C pack as 640g, they must not have not checked the new stock.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><br></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Bob Kane<br>getterflash@yahoo.com</div></div></div></div>
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