NIMH Receiver Pack
 

first off happy new year to all.

right here goes i have just bought a weston uk groove freestyle and i want to use a 6V 2200mah NIMH Receiver Pack..will it work ok or should i settle for the 6V 1400mah NICAD Receiver Pack.

servo's will be futaba 3010's all round
engine OS50SX with throttle pipe
APC 12x6 prop

thanks miskin

RE: NIMH Receiver Pack
 

The NiMH pack should be fine. Why do you think the NiCd would be better?

RE: NIMH Receiver Pack
 

i thought that nicad's had a higher discharge rating compared to the nimh batt's.

thought i would just check before i put the pack in,i didn't want to loose the plane because the battery wasn't suitable..

thanks

miskin

RE: NIMH Receiver Pack
 

That Nimh will be fine. I run my capiche 50 on an 1800 5 cell Nimh with 3010s on the ails and Hs-945 corelesses on the tail. I will be pulling more current than you with those corelesses so you should be fine.

RE: NIMH Receiver Pack
 

cheer's luke

that's made me feel a lot happier,i may end up with futaba 9001's on the tail they are coreless.

RE: NIMH Receiver Pack
 

Why do you use such large capacity batteries? When I charge my planes before going flying my charger tells me how many amp-hours it adds - it is between 200 and 300 mah after a tytpical day of flying. I fly with 650 mah packs. You don't need high amp capable packs for powering receiver/servos for small planes. My planes draw less than 1/2 amp from what I see.

RE: NIMH Receiver Pack
 

Ditto. AAA's on everything. A's and AA's are just a lot of extra weight.

Mike