<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Jim,</div><div><br></div><div>Interesting that you use only 2000 mah. I use at least 3200 mah. The average is over 3500 mah. Probably is just the Kansas winds. </div><div><br></div><div>VB<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 12, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Jim Quinn <<a href="mailto:jaqfly@prodigy.net">jaqfly@prodigy.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I switched to the NanoTech batteries this year.They are 5S 4000 25~50 C.<br>I only have 6 cycles on my four flight packs.<br>Usually a Masters sequence uses about 2000mah, about 50% of the battery.<br>They weigh 7oz+ less than my Zippys.<br>I've used my Zippys about 100cycles each andd they still had good power.<br>The cost of Nanos was about the same as the Zippys.<br>For my money I'll stick with Nanos!<br><br><br>Jim Quinn<br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 5/12/13, Bob Kane <i><<a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Bob Kane <<a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Zippy 5S pack weight findings<br>To: "nsrca" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>Date: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 12:02 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1682762292"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;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><a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</a></div></div></div></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="/mc/compose?to=NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NSRCA-discussion mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>