Hello All,
I just bought a Wattage Minimax for some gentle flying around on calm days. I'm new to electrics and still getting used to the term "throttle management" with my zagi 400x. I would like to set up my minimax stock for now but Im interested in getting a little more flight time without sacrificing weight, or going to lipo batteries just yet till someone makes a good all around AC/DC charger for Nicads, NiMh, LiIon, and LiPoly batteries. I will be running the stock 280 motor, IC-5a ESC, 2.5:1 gearbox, 2 HS55's and a hitech 555 minus the case(possibly). I've heard about going with the crazy max motor for a little more punch, but what nicad battery combos has anyone tried for extend flight time without frying anything. Any other building tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I just read the manual and it shows to use either the 6 or 7 cell 270 Mah or the 6 or 7 cell 800 NiMH battery and then mentions something about a 650 Mah NiMH battery.........?

What will actual flight times (approx) be with any of these batteries at lets say close to full throttle for the sake of argument? And on top of that what ill effects to the motor or ESC when running at full or close to full throttle.

Thanks

That charger exists, it is the TRITON.
My neighbor has fifteen electrics ranging from your Mini Max up to some 700+watts brushless types.
He swears by his.

Well, I actually bought all my gear for my MiniMax....170 bucks worth for a 20.00 plane....LOL
I ended up going with the NiMH 7 cell 800MAh battery and a hitec 555 with HS55 servos. I'll see how this combinations works for now and maybe pickup a second battery later.

Id really like to find out what people have done in strenthening the wing because one fellow told me he folded his on the first loop he did.

This is for another forum but on the Triton, it looks interesting but after reading everything I've found so far on it, and talking to a guy who actually owns one, I'm not completely convinced that the kinks are thoroughly worked out of it. I've read a lot of mixed reviews on this very forum and no one at my local hobby shops have any knowledge about them or the batteries. I may be completely misguided in my decision to not buying one yet, but having to find an alternative power source completely turns me off to the Triton. Is there a reason why it doesnt have a 110VAC wall plug in addition to the DC power leads? If it could be as convenient as my wattage PF12, I'd get one and go to LiPos.

Thanks
Rob

as to the wings foldin a couple of strips of filiment tape the lenght of the wing on the underside should eleveate any chance of that, I fly the craxy max on 8 720 mia Nimh with about 10-12 minute flight times but this ship is fully aerobatic at 1/2 throttle also..