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Old 07-09-2013 | 06:33 AM
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slider_buck
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From: Ray, OH,
Default RE: first flight today!


ORIGINAL: JohnBuckner


ORIGINAL: slider_buck

i ordered the one listed below. so far everytime i have flown my plane the indicators on the transmitter have never went down any. should i trust it at all or not? i have 2 transmitter batteries that are the stock ones.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290792889845...84.m1439.l2649

I just don,t know what to tell you. You put a high capacity battery in the airplane and try to use one of only a third that capacity in the transmitter is just asking for trouble once agine, Ya I know you got two tranny batterys for a spare so now you are gonna be plugging chargers in all over the place and you think good battery management is difficult now just wait.

That charger is a fast charger made for peaking car and boat batterys and not a proper overnight charge rate. The lowest it will go is 1 amp and what is considered the best overnight rate for a 2000mah NiCad/Nimh is .2 amp. Its not one I would recommend.

John

what charger would you recommend then? i just dont want to put a bunch of money in it yet intil i make sure i'm going to stick with it. i'll put that one back one ebay for sale.