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Old 10-11-2004 | 12:08 PM
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Default RE: Almost there!

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I don't know how...but the same 7.2v pack I had been charging with my old MRC Superbrain 959 seems to really be putting down the power now. I was struggling with a hover on the heli before...but now its cake....really weird! I look at the charger as an investment...I have to have a charger afterall to charge my R/C Nitro packs, now I am into electrics, and who knows...maybe one day I will be into large nitro Aircraft and need a charger for the retracts and stuff!
Funny you mentioned that, my cessnas battery had been peaking out at about 11 volts with my old charger and with the triton it goes up to almost 13 volts (about 12.5).

OH, I flew my cessna again today, twice. Flew it for about 15 minutes (not solid flying) in the lot next door and for about 30 minutes (not solid flying) in the feild I usually fly in.

It flew very good today, I ran the battery down to the auto-cutoff voltage and the moitor cut off, it resulted in a crash, guess I need to get an extra battery pack for it now.

I think I might try a 3s lipo pack on it, with the higher voltage and less weight combined I bet the performance would increase quite a bit.