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Old 11-19-2010, 03:41 PM
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Default Li-pos and cold weather?

I've planned on putting the first flight on my F-100 tomorrow. It has a li-po for the ECU and Li-ons for the RX.

It's also going to be about 30 degrees when I go out in the mornig to do this[:'(]. Is this going to have any problematic issues for the batteries?

I thought I read where they don't like the cold, but either do I. Just dont want to have a failure due to the cold[&:]

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Hi!

just maidened my Rafale in minus 15c. But the plane didn't stand in the cold for more than 10 minutes. Local guru told me to put the lipos in my undies in between flights to keep them warm
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Default RE: Li-pos and cold weather?

Other considerations with the cold:

1. leaking pneumatics....retracts, door cylinders valves, brakes etc...
2. Limited clunk travel due to stiff pickup lines....you don't want a flame out when your jet is maneuvering!
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ORIGINAL: perche

Hi!
Local guru told me to put the lipos in my undies in between flights to keep them warm
Only put the LiPo's in your undies after the flight it allows you to find whats in there no matter how cold it is. LOL

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And besure to remove them if you are going to be flying on any airliners. The airport screeners will have a field day with that one if they find them.
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you guys are too silly!!!
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Default RE: Li-pos and cold weather?

Just flew my Elan in a few minus Celsius. I found out that adding some anti-freeze liquid for truck's pneumatic brakes helps with the pneumatics. Lipos seemed to hold pretty ok, but the starting propane gets cold fast. Fly what you fly, and stop. Keep things warm all the time. No long breaks! The steering felt a bit funny in the snow!
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