Aero330LX
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Hi Paul,
There are several reaons these batteries are good investments. SOme people choose them for different reasons and some choose them for all of those reaons. You cn shed some weight by using them. You will also notice that the ppane will feel more connected. that is because the servos are getting a full 6 volts and that 6 volts stays the same from the very first flight to the last. Snaps and Spins will be easier because the plane will fly comsistent allowing you to more accurately nail exits. The Duralite Packs specifficly have what they call Charge Safe circuitry that assures a safe charge process. In the event that anything goes wrong with the charge process such as a charger fault, or if an incompatible charger was plugged in it will terminate the charge process before damage results. The Duralite Plus batteries also have 2 separate leads. One is the power lead and is wired directly to the battery just any any other battery. There is no circuitry in between this wire and the actual power source. this eliminates any possible failure points that could result in the loss of power. There is also a second yellow lead that is used only for charging. It is the lead that has the charge safe circuitry that controls the charge process and assures that the any of the cells in the pack are not overcharged. With the 4 or more cell packs, you actually get built in redundancy. Each cell is 3.7 volts nominal and two cells make up a 8.4 volt pack. Most IMAC packs are contructed of two of these two cell packs...some have 3 of these 2 cell packs which has 6 cells in the pack. This is how you get reducndancy. If for any reasona cell were to fail you would still get full power to the reciever, but would notice a problem by the fact that you are not getting the number of flights you should be. I run 2 3600's on my receivers, and a 1900 on the IGN. I'm thinking about going up to a 2800 because I fly alot and I normally run the battery down before my receivers. i can fly a full two summer days ona charge. I get 10-11 15 minute flights if i don't charge which is alot! This is on a 35% RadioCraft Extra 330. I have flow this plane the last two years on these batteries and like Lawence (Diesel) reported they still test just like the day they were bought. I tell you what, you may have a few doubts after some of the BS that was posted up here, but if you want to try these, please do. I will be needing new batteries for the plane I am getting ready to build. If for some reason you are not happy with them I will buy them from you and use them on mine. Like Lawence said, i wouldn't think of using any other battery. I already know how good they are. People can bad mouth all they want, and I'm sure there are some people out there that aren't pleased. The fact remains that that everyone I know loves these things, and i also know that if there is a problem that it is taken care of quickly and the service is outstanding! These batteries have a warranty on them! See how many companies you can find that provides that! hehe These things if used properly and tested before every flight to assure they are not discharged below the recomended cutoff are extremely reliable. They are powerful, they give a performance increase, and they are safe. I think investing in this technology is a good inverstment. It will be here for a very long time. One other thing I forgot to mention is the fact that they are basically maintenence free except for the testing before each flight. You don't have to be married to a charger charging, discharging, and charging again to test for capacity. You don't ahve to cycle them because they don't develop memory. The charger is very simple to use. You plug it in and in about 4-6 hours you are ready to go. The light will come on and when it goes out they are fully charged. It's as simple as it gets. You test them with a 1 amp load and if they check out you fly, and fly and fly until they reach 7.1 volts ar you get tired. hehe I normally charge mine back up after a days flying, but they will go a very long time if need be on a single charge. The big thing with these batteries if you are new to them is to forget everything you learned about other batteries. The Li-Ions are different. If you forget all the other types and follow the directions that come with them you will long life a great performance out of them. I think you will find that they free you up to do more flying too! I see alot of guys who use the older technology bateries and they have to quick charge at the field alot. I just keep on flying. It's great. If you decide to go with these, let us know what you think about them. I'm sure you're gonna enjoy them. :-)
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. Thanks for all your help. 
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