felborn
01-06-2008, 04:25 AM
My biggest problem with Li-Po packs aint the price, the fact that they can be damaged during a bad crash or or the fact that you cant run them past 80% without risking damage to the cells. All of these are fine with my, but my problem is with storage. I live in cold and windy norway, and especially during winter the days for flying are few and fare appart. So the problem is, I kinda have to take 1 day at a time and see what the weathergods will bring me. Problem is, waking up at 10:00 in the morning to discover a clear and beatyfull day, I then have to run down the basement and start charing 5 3S packs for the Trex450, and another 7! 6S packs for my 600E. By the time they are fully charged and ready to go, it's dark outside (gets dark around 16:00). So now the packs are fully charged, and all I can do is to pray for another beatyfull day again during the weekend within the next 2 weeks, or I have to use the chargers to discharge the packs again...
with the 3S pack I dont really care, if they get damaged during storage so be it, I can afford new onces. But the 7 6S packs gonna cost me an arm and a leg to replace, so im not willing to gamble on it.
King Power has been hyped about as a good solution for those who needs a pack that can handle more punishment, been drained all the way down to 95% was it? But how are they for storage fully charged? Can one expect the same lose of capacity over time as one can with the other brands? Any other good solution to my dilema? And please please dont say nitro, I cant be arsed with the full, tuning of engine for cold or wet or hot or dry clima etc even tho I see the advantage it would give me during wintertime. Summer is much better tho, as theres light untill 23:00 atleast, and days for flying are much much closer.
with the 3S pack I dont really care, if they get damaged during storage so be it, I can afford new onces. But the 7 6S packs gonna cost me an arm and a leg to replace, so im not willing to gamble on it.
King Power has been hyped about as a good solution for those who needs a pack that can handle more punishment, been drained all the way down to 95% was it? But how are they for storage fully charged? Can one expect the same lose of capacity over time as one can with the other brands? Any other good solution to my dilema? And please please dont say nitro, I cant be arsed with the full, tuning of engine for cold or wet or hot or dry clima etc even tho I see the advantage it would give me during wintertime. Summer is much better tho, as theres light untill 23:00 atleast, and days for flying are much much closer.