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Old 12-04-2014 | 11:26 AM
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Hmm...they warranty their BATTERIES? How does that work?

The thing about other batteries, Lipos, made by say Onyx or Traxxas, is that they only seem to offer 25C packs for that $45. For the same price, I can get a 50C pack from HPz. But yeah, you have to catch them while they're in stock. 8^/ That's their only downfall. And now, we've got the FAA looking into fires and explosions that are caused by LiPo batteries during flight, we might have a harder time getting them?

Has anyone ever even DONE experiments with Lipo batteries as to how they behave in high-altitude low-temp environments? I doubt it. We all know that a damaged Lipo pack is dangerous. I suspect that these Lipo fires on planes are caused by cells getting damaged in handling. If the cheap, cereal-box-like, cardboard box with a little bubble wrap around the battery inside is any indication of how they are shipped, that could be a problem! But what will the FAA do? Require proper packaging? Vacuum chamber "altitude" tests to screen out defective packs at the factory? No. They will probably just BAN them from all airplanes. Just like they will probably ban "drones" because some people are too stupid to realize that flying a large-ish quad-copter next to an airport might be a problem.

But I digress....