You very well could be right John. I'm just having memories of when I was a younger man flying with my father.

the thing I line about balance charging is that you can easily track any voltage variation. If the cell voltage gets more then about 1/2 volt apart then it's an indication there could be something wrong and needs to be monitored. If it were to get worse then you can replace the battery before loosing a model due to loss of voltage while in the air or fire on the ground.