Originally Posted by
jester_s1
The peaking profile will probably be different, so unless you have a very adjustable charger, these will definitely require a new one. I don't see that as a big deal though. Chargers wear out and fail after a while anyway. If there is truly a performance benefit to be gained, the RC community as a whole will embrace the change and the support products we need will show up. If not, they won't. I remember a few years ago lots of people saying that A123/LiFe batteries were going to be a big paradigm shift with their massive amp capabilities. But it turned out that better power to weight ratios could be had with Lipos as they quickly developed, so LiFe batteries pretty much were relegated to high performance receiver packs and a few niche uses. I hope these work like many of us are hoping, but if they don't we'll know soon enough and the hobby will probably just continue to develop better Lipos.
I remember when the LiFe batteries were the wave of the future, turns out they were too bulky and heavy for cell phones. Fast forward to LiPo batteries and we have had a revolution in electric flight.
I see the new metal electrolyte batteries as being capable of very fast charging without fear of fire. And if the current numbers are true, they will provide twice the power as current LiPo's in the same size and weight package. Now that would be something.
So with the ability to manufacture graphene on an industrial scale and metal electrolyte technology, batteries could get really good. No longer will Chinese hucksters pour pencil lead into big fat battery packs and call them graphene, they will actually be real graphene batteries.