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Old 09-03-2010, 11:40 PM
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Default RE: 6v or 4.8v reciever battery?

My 2 cents... love the hobbico field charger...  I bought packs from cheapbatterypacks.com.  I ordered 5cell (6v) hybrid NiMH 2100 mAh packs @ $15 ea.  Work great, low self discharge and high capacity.  I probably could fly every weekend for a month without charging them (although that would be silly).  I top em off at the start of the day and not worry about them.  I got a pack for my Airtronics rds8000 as well, stays at full voltage the entire day.  Supposedly the hybrid NiMHs don't like high loads and can have voltage drop outs (maybe a capacitor can overcome this?).  How much and at what current I don't know.  For my 40 size no worries, but for a large scale high current warbird you may want to get some actual figures on that. 

Have fun with your bird!