Safety Guard went on the web site today. The first shipment arrived a few days ago and the manual is now complete. You may access ordering information and specs at https://www.fmadirect.com/site/fma.htm?body=Store You may access the pdf file for the manual at https://www.fmadirect.com/site/fma.htm?body=Support When you reach support, scroll down to Manuals. Under Manuals, follow the instructions at the top of the Support page to save down and download the file LIPOSG Manual to your favorite computer and folder. Please study the specs and the manual to see the many ways you may use Safeguard to permit you to charge Li Pos of any make and Li Ions safely. I won't repeat all the good info in those data sources. If you have questions after you study all that, then we didn't do it thoroughly enough!

One really nice thing about Safety Guard is that it is applicable to any of the packs you now use. It doesn't have to be build in to an individual pack so you are getting beautiful protection at very little added cost. We look forward to you creative types telling us the new ways you find to use Safety Guard. Before you ask, we are working to see if it can be used on the output to Supernova. If so, that will be added to the manual. We are particularly anxious that those of you who have some of the auto detect chargers use SG on the output. This is a very inexpensive device that should help you avoid "silver sausages". I can say without fear of contradiction that SG would have prevented all but one of the few Li Po fires reported over the last 18 months. If you follow the simple guidelines of checking individual cell voltage periodically as you should for Ni Cd or Ni Mh, then Safety Guard will do the rest and protect your pack from mis-set chargers, either automatic or manual, and from charger malfunctions


JJ and I have not visited you as often of late because just about any questions about Li pos are addressed in the Kokam Battery System Applications Note in the same Support section of the web site. The Ap Note was just revised this week and has a lot of new information on it. The section on SG will be updated later this month or in early Jan. It is to your benefit to review the web site almost daily as we are introducing many new products, almost daily. Almost all are applicable to electric flight. I am sure by now that everyone of you is aware that George Maiorana and Dave Pinegar won team scale at the 2003 Scale masters flying a beautiful Russian Tu4 AEW airplane powered by Kokam 1500 cells.
If I recall correctly, we have at least 12 new products scheduled for release over the coming months leading up to the Toledo show. We are working very hard to make Li Po "plug and fly" with new pre-packaged propulsion systems as we always featured with our Ni Cds.

Some of our emphasis is shifting a bit as Kokam USA has begun a strong collaboration with major distributors around the world. In the US, Hobby Lobby, Horizon, Great planes, Dymond and a number of key dealers now have good stock of Kokam battery products.

Don't forget to e-mail us pictures of the great models you equip with Kokam products for inclusion in Li Po Gallery that you see on the home page.


Later! God bless you all and bring you a joyous holiday season. Please remember our heroes in Iraq.