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Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 6/19/2004 9:29:08 PM   
Geistware



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Status: offline 		PLEASE Actual Elite Owners:
I am getting ready to purchase one of these and I want to know if it displays the amount of charge that has been put into the pack either during the charge process or after the charge process. I want to quick charge packs and know how much has been put into them.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 6/20/2004 1:22:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Geistware, TH has not started shipping yet until July, I believe. The online manual is not yet available in Hobbico's site. I am eager to find out how reliable the charge termination is for Nimh.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 6/25/2004 12:26:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I backordered one earlier this month and the estimated delivery date was "late June" a week or so ago they changed it to "Early July". Now it back to be listed as "late June". Hopefully within the next week or so we'll get them.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 6/25/2004 12:29:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Coo, hope you'll receive it soon and give us a review

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/2/2004 12:08:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just got a shipping confirmation that the Elite is on it's way. It should be here tomorrow. I'll post some pics and let you know what I think. Now I just need to get off my duff and order me an electric plane with some liths

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/2/2004 12:25:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Coo, I hope that you can post the page on charge termination off the manual. The online manual is not available yet as of now. Thx !

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/2/2004 1:01:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I received confirmation and said it was going to be delivered tomorrow?
Didn't know they delivered on Saturday but we shall see.
I just need to know how much is going into the pack.
I get a lot of voltage drop with NiMH and don't want it to go down too low.
I will post as much info about the charger as I can.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/2/2004 4:09:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rechecking the fedex tracking number now shows that I will get the Elite today! July 2nd. Very cool. indeed. I'll try to scan the manual and post it to my website.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/2/2004 4:12:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: coomarlin
I'll try to scan the manual and post it to my website.




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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/3/2004 10:00:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've scanned the manual and posted it to my website. It's not much, but I think it good enough to read. Haven't had much time to play with it. I have a few packs cycling as we speak.

http://www.windyridgerc.com/accucycle_elite/

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/3/2004 11:36:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the posting, It looks like it does keep track of the energy that has been put in the pack. That is why I wanted it.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/4/2004 2:00:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for scanning and posting the manual. I have one that's been shipped but didn't get it today. At least I have some reading material.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/4/2004 2:03:06 AM   
rajul



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Status: offline 		Coo, thanks for posting the manual ! Let us know how well the peak detection works for Nimh batteries.

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/4/2004 3:52:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am interested in how well the until can show the amount of charge that goes into the pack

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RE: Attn: Hobbico Elite Owners - 7/4/2004 2:50:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		The unit clearly shows the amount of mah that is put into the cell after a charge.

I have some questions about charging that you guys may be able to help me out with. I've been using an Einstein XL which doesn't give me very much in terms of configurations. So after looking at my Elite I'm kinda overloaded with options.

I've been charging and cycling my NiCD and NiMH packs
600mah 4.8V NiCD
700mah 9.6V NiCD
1200mah 4.8V NiMH
1650mah 6V NiMH

1) What charging rates would you recommend for these packs. I know c/10 is a safe normal rate, but what if I needed to quick charge these pa