ORIGINAL: chopper man
Hey guys, hope all is well. Short update. Those that have been around awhile, rc ken and other. To many to mention. My wife passed away in 2007 leaving me and my 7 year old daughter to take care of ourselves. My daughter and I keeled fling up tp 2010 then I met a beautiful woman and eventually got married. My daughter noes has a new loving mom and once again life is good.
Now my question. Transmitter batteries seemed to charge up ok, but what should I do to test them to see if they are still good? Also what about receiver batteries? I have some new batteries that are about 3 years old that I!m trying to charge now. Is it going to be a waste of time though.
Thanks for your help and I!m glad to be back.
Chopper
Sorry to hear about your grief. Also, very happy to hear about your the new love in your life. Best wishes for you.
Things have not changed all that much, but if you had NiMh or NiCd packs, well, yeah, you can replace them easily enough. A new technology, A123 or LiFePO4 commonly called LIFE packs are out. They are safer than LiPo packs and, watt for watt, they are lighter than the other technology packs. They are 3.3 volts per cell so a two cell pack is 6.6 volts (nominal) and will work with most receivers that will handle 6 volt or five cell NiMh or NiCd packs. I have four of them in the 1800 mah range and they work great.
For transmitter packs, well, you have to pretty much go with what fits in your transmitter. Tower Hobbies may be able to help with that.
Welcome back!!!
CGr.