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Old 09-24-2008 | 02:48 PM
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J Lachowski
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Default RE: True RC 5000's Longevity


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ORIGINAL: elan120

Jim,

I have 5 FP packs IR reading already posted on Chris Moon's website using CellPro.

Kevin
Thanks Kevin, I see Joe has posted his too. At first glance his numbers look pretty high. Doubt that he'll get 200 flights.

Jim O
Yep, at this point I'm hoping to get a 100 flights. Due to lack of experience early on I did abuse one or two sets once or twice. If I knew then what I know now I might have a little more longevity out of them. I'm hoping at least 100 flights on 3 of my sets. These packs will be relegated to my Angel S for use once I get there.

If you look at the numbers in my one set there, the one that has one cell at 8.5 is the one 5S pack that swelled up when it got hot and then returned back to normal shape when it cooled down. I didn't keep a good track of these packs like I should have but I'm willing to bet that one set was the one I discharged a little too low one time (grabbed a used set by accident). I now keep my flights to 8 minutes max period. A big plus for next years Masters pattern is that it appears to takes a bit less time to fly which should be good for reduced abuse if you adhere to a strict regiment of sequence and land which is what I do all the time now. All 4 sets have gotten hotter with age. They are all typicallly 130ish on warm days, 80 plus degrees. Power is still good enough on the 3 sets. I haven't used the 4th set since the cell swelled up, hence my question should I continue use or ditch at least the 5S pack with the swelling cell.