We here in Korea use LiPo's almost exclusively now. I charge my LiPos only at 1C and have had no problems. Key to dealing with the hour of charging time is having more than 1 battery for each airframe and having at least 3 planes out in the field with me :)
Hee-Choon Sam Lee Seoul, Korea Member of RCCAFE, AMA 817622 >>3300 cells for electric flight motor packs, up to a 5 amp charge. >> similar to nicads if a sensitive cutoff voltage is used. >>Now Lipo's scare me a little still... > > > Personally, I've stuck with 2C charging. Nicad or Nimh I stick to about > 2C and don't give it much thought. I think that may be a tad harsh on > the Nimh but they seem to handle it well enough. > > However, if the sun is going down, my buddies are still flying and I > need to re-charge; I'll push Nicads to 4C. Monitoring them for excessive > heat occasionally. > > Lipo's also scare me. I charge them on dirt with some shielding around > them just in case. Even though they've proven themselves, I'm still > somewhat cautious. > > Bill Swingle > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail > and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
