Nicad or Nimh for electric motors.
02-16-2002, 02:48 AM
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Nicad or Nimh for electric motors.
I plan on putting a 15\30 brushless motor in a 100 inch sailplane. I would like to use at least 1200 mah batteries. Would I be better off using Nimh since you can use much smaller batteries with the same mah rating than when using Nicds. Ive heard the output is a bit less than Nicds. I dont plan on doing stunts etc......just flying around and thermaling etc.
02-16-2002, 06:54 AM
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If you use nimh add one battery more. Example 7 nicad, 8 nimh. Also you can increase the capacity with nimh, Example 600 nicad and 1000 nimh about the same weight.
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Some Nimh can't take the amp draw that nicads can. Trying to suck too much juice out of say an 1100 pack, it might just shut down. I would go to 3000's nimh if you want to use the Nimh. For a good pack I'd look at the CP 1700 pack, that would give you good power, they are nicads so they take the drain, yet aren't too heavy.
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Nicad or Nimh for electric motors.
Take a look at the Panasonic 2000 mah NiMH cells. They are lighter than the 3000 mah NiMH Panasonic cells and should hanle your amp requirements. I have used them with a Jeti 15/4 and an Astro 05G Brushless with good results.
