In my opinion, this just adds another pont of failure in the electrical path on-board theaircraft. If this devicefails in flight, and, because it is a component, it certainly will at one time or another, what happens then?</p>

Certainly not failsafe.</p>

Is there something wrong with the NiMh or NiCd packs?</p>

I currently use either one 1200 mah 6 volt NiMh pack or two 1200 6 volt NiMh packs on my glow planes. Basic battery, switch, receiver setup. The Voltwatch I preach about, is parallel to the battery packs and serves to monitor the battery pack voltage. I check it before and after each flight.</p>

I normally get at 6 flights per battery charge cycle and quite only becuase I've had enough. I could get more out of them, but I just don't force the issue. I would rather plug the packs into the field charger for an hour and take a rest or fly something else while it charges.</p>

Again, this is my opinion and not intended to challenge anyone, just to promote some thought on the subject.</p>

CGr.</p>

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