ORIGINAL: brett65
I thought about doing the same thing, but most people on here told me it wasn't worth it. You can do 6 volt no problem, you could even put 5 2400mah energizer AA's together if you knew what you were doing. I did it with my rc truck, but don't trust my soldering to the risk of it being in an airplane. There are high capacity nicd & nimh tx packs out there for much less than a lipo.
Yeah, I have hi capacity nickel metal hydride packs already and they last alot longer than the lower amperage nicads I had, but this guy made it sound like he could fly for a month or more without a charge with lithium ions. The only ones I found were 7.4 packs on all-battery.com and they're
like $37 for a 4400 mah pack which is plenty for me. I'd gladly spend that if I didn't have to charge for that long.I would continue to check my batteries before each flight but it'd be nice not to have to charge them for such a long time. I just want to make sure I can use them and if so do I need a regulator or anything.