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<DIV><SPAN class=537122301-10102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>FWIW -
my experience parallels Matt's exactly, even down to the same supplier for my TX
NiMH battery. I've had zero problems, and use the Sirius almost
exclusively now. Only NiMh batteries in all my applications. I
really like the long shelf life, and not losing any charge. Having more
capacity per ounce than comparable NiCads is a good side benefit,
too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=537122301-10102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Charge
at the .1C rate the first couple cycles, like Matt sez...it'll work just
fine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=537122301-10102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bob
P.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Rcmaster199@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 09, 2003
7:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: NIMH TX
pack<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Derek,<BR><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR>Matt K<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>NIMH TX pack </B><BR>Date:10/9/2003 4:54:57 PM Eastern
Daylight Time<BR>From:<A
href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@earthlink.net">derekkoopowitz@earthlink.net</A><BR>Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><I>Sent from
the Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>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><BR><BR>Thanks.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>