Cellpro Revolution Lipo pack by FMA

[shails]

Has any one here tried a cellpro revolution Lipo pack by FMA.

Please provide inputs as I am thinking to buy one and try it.

http://www.fmadirect.com/products.htm?cat=69&nid=4

Shail

[Jermo]

I was thinking the same thing. I use the cheap hextroniks batteries and I'm ok. I'd like to use some better branded cells to compare with. Stay tuned ;)

[Ultraviolet]

FMA jumped out of the lipo market about 6 months ago. They claimed it was not profitable selling 2150mah lipos for $85 :badair:

They have now re entered the market with low cost cells (chinese ?). I think they should make up there minds if they want to sell lipos or not. I'm confused. :lol:

The plus side is that the new lipos are cheap and they come with a cellpro charge/balance tap preinstalled. I might have to order a couple to try out. They are 25 grams lighter than the Cellpro 2150mah(Enerland cell). Only 18C though.

:wink:

[Jermo]

$47 for the packs I would fly with vs almost $80 for the major brands.. If I need packs when I get my T-Rex 500 I might try a few.

[shails]

I have been burnt trying out cheap lipos that i am not sure if FMA lipos are up to the FP and TP quality.

I think FMA lipos are supplied by Kokam. No harm in trying one out.

I might try Airthunder lipos though, looking at the performance posted by fellow fliers.

Shail

[E2C_Mech]

All of the "N" series packs are Saehan cells, I believe these are the same as Thunder Power.

[shails]

So do you recommend trying out FMA N pack?

Shail

[Jermo]

I will be trying them as soon as I have the cash and T-Rex 500 in hand. So to answer your question. yes.
The discharge curves look good and I have what I consider to be the best 4s balancing charger to take care of the packs.
What I'm interested in is power and cycles. How many cycles can I get from the packs without problems?

I'm using generic packs right now (hextronik) and after 70 cycles on my first pair I've sent one pack back for puffing/loss of power. It's mated pack seems to be fine. I have 4 newer packs of the same flavor doing the same type of flying so we'll see.

Personally I think the way to eval packs is over 100 uses or more and with multiple packs.

Too bad I can't find a job that will pay me to fly and evaluate this stuff 100% of the time at the pay rate I'm at hehe..