ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
ORIGINAL: mteal
I have read that page at Radical RC I just wanted some more opinions on if people liked the NIMH packs or were still using the NICADs.
I stopped buying nicad batteries several years ago. The only ones I have came with a radio. The power to weight and power to size ratio of nimhs make them much better IMO.
I bought replacement a replacement 1100mAH NiCD RX pack for my trainer. I had been getting about 4 flights on the stock 600mAH NiCD pack before I started getting nervous. Recently put in 8 full flights with the 1100 pack. With an upgraded 700mAH TX NiCD (up from 600mAH) the TX held out just fine.
For a 7 servo model I upgraded to a 1650mAH NiMH pack for both the RX and TX. Haven't flown them yet but current NiMH are quite good. I think they take a bit more care in charging properly.