<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Derek,<BR>
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On Earl Haury's suggestion I bought my first NiMH airborne pack from Radical RC in Georgia, about 2 seasons ago. The fellow who runs Radical appears to really know his stuff. He is the real deal. He has written a pretty good article (on his website)<BR>
, regarding the care and feeding of NiMH bats, that is worthwhile reading. <BR>
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The key thing he talks about is setting the battery capacity when the battery is new, uncharged. He stresses to charge the battery at the 0.1C rate the first couple times. Thern fast charging isn't a problem and is actually recommended<BR>
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Earlier this year I also bought the TX bat
to go with the airborne. I followed that expert's advice to the letter and have been very happy with the results, (some 70 chrge cycles later on the airborne)<BR>
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About the only thing I do now is place the bats on charge on the SIRIUS Charger, on the way to the field, and by the time I get there, they are charged (1000 ma charge rate)<BR>
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Matt K<BR>
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Date:10/9/2003 4:54:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:derekkoopowitz@earthlink.net">derekkoopowitz@earthlink.net</A><BR>
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I just ordered a new (replacement) TX NimH battery pack from Cermark. It is a 1650mah pack. I've never had a NimH pack before so I'd like to find out from the experts out there if there is anything I need to do differently than a standard NiCad pack. Can I use my Alpha 4 to charge it? I do have a Dymond charger that I can use and I know that it does support NimH but I'd prefer to use the Alpha 4 because of its AC/DC versatility.<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
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