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Old 08-21-2008 | 02:03 PM
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Default RE: Battery Questions


ORIGINAL: TWD

It's Me,

Sorry! But I have more information about my NiMH battery pack. I just ran the battery outside of the plane so it would have some cooling. I ran the two fans only with this pack (approx. 4 to 5 min) the battery temp. got up to 215 degree F. Is this normal operating temp for these batteries? Do I need to start looking for other possible problems?

Thank you for your help!

TWD
Yes they do get hot and sadly it is not good for the battery. Upgrades on battery, ESC and Motor will help but throttle management will help also.
These planes are really not suppose to be ran at full throttle all the time but some of these cheaper RTF planes are so under powered you haven't got much choice.