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Your right Steve.. not much to understand.. when they start to loose cap its time to file them. thats all.
Life packs dont self discharge, they last longer (life cycle) then both Nickles and Lipos.. thats all.
Nickels really dont last any longer then Nicads based on the same capacity.. but when push comes to shove Nicads will out perform nickels in life cycle 3 to 1. Also.. so you know. Nicads will out power a nickel, Punch! If you will. Another good reason for Nacads. To me anyway… Seeing as I never seem to use more then about 350mah on a race day I like to go with Nicads.
Now with LiFe packs I get both.. POWER and run time.. and .. most important to me.. life cycle. The weight savings is just a side benny to me.
Allan,
Life packs WILL NOT START ON FIRE if they get wet. They are WAY more stable then Lipos.. Physical construction is kind of the same as a Lipo so its a good idea to not get them wet.. but.. to date I have not lost a lipo dew to getting it wet but i avoid it the best I can..
Note: (Lipos/Life packs have metal tabs if you will, Kind of like the pre welded tabs on some sanyo batteries (not the same but you get the idea). The tabs can corrode over time so its best to do what you can to keep them dry.. No worse then your RX or Servos however.)
Grim
Life packs dont self discharge, they last longer (life cycle) then both Nickles and Lipos.. thats all.
Nickels really dont last any longer then Nicads based on the same capacity.. but when push comes to shove Nicads will out perform nickels in life cycle 3 to 1. Also.. so you know. Nicads will out power a nickel, Punch! If you will. Another good reason for Nacads. To me anyway… Seeing as I never seem to use more then about 350mah on a race day I like to go with Nicads.
Now with LiFe packs I get both.. POWER and run time.. and .. most important to me.. life cycle. The weight savings is just a side benny to me.
Allan,
Life packs WILL NOT START ON FIRE if they get wet. They are WAY more stable then Lipos.. Physical construction is kind of the same as a Lipo so its a good idea to not get them wet.. but.. to date I have not lost a lipo dew to getting it wet but i avoid it the best I can..
Note: (Lipos/Life packs have metal tabs if you will, Kind of like the pre welded tabs on some sanyo batteries (not the same but you get the idea). The tabs can corrode over time so its best to do what you can to keep them dry.. No worse then your RX or Servos however.)
Grim
