[quote]ORIGINAL: MHester

That plus watching so MANY dumbos at my local field screw up royally because a local sponsored pilot keeps telling them to use a certain brand of lithium battery, then telling them "no special precautions, it's totally safe". And of course, you can imagine what happens when local dumbo hooks up his hobbico fast field charger and wonders "what's that smell". Then he's asked why he put them in his plane with zip ties and is charging it with a sport charger at 2 amps on a nicad setting.



Mike,
I suppose one would think, when using new technology, one would do a little research. I have been on several battery manufacturers' websites, in researching the custom packs I need for my 35% project, and have yet to see where anyone has claimed "perfectly safe" or "no special precautions necessary".
Though I hate to see anybody lose an airplane, if you have that much money in a bird, or any amount, you better protect your investment with a little reading. The warnings are everywhere!
We can only hope that, those of blind faith, only lose their plane, not taking mine with it[>:]. I already lost one plane while a fellow club member just had to check out his crashed airplanes' control movements while I was in the air, on my freq', while I had the pin.

Ken