[RCSE] Transmitter pack - Walmart 1850 mAh AA cells

2003-02-21 Thread Andrew E. Mileski
Has anyone tried to use the Walmart Energizer AA size 1850 mAh Ni-MH cells in a transmitter pack? From the data I've been able to gather on these, they are limited to C max (they seem to be rated to 2C but royally suck at that). My 8103 takes about 250 mA, so they should be just fine. Not good

Re: [RCSE] Transmitter pack - Walmart 1850 mAh AA cells

2003-02-21 Thread Andrew E. Mileski
Kevin Sheen wrote: I've been using Radical RC NiMH packs for the last 2 years in most of my planes and in my JR 783 transmitter. Not a single problem with any of the packs. I'm not sure where you are getting the discharge rates below, but I've seen speed 400, speed 280 and below use them as

RE: [RCSE] Transmitter pack - Walmart 1850 mAh AA cells

2003-02-21 Thread Howard Mark
, February 21, 2003 6:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Transmitter pack - Walmart 1850 mAh AA cells Has anyone tried to use the Walmart Energizer AA size 1850 mAh Ni-MH cells in a transmitter pack? From the data I've been able to gather on these, they are limited to C max (they seem

Re: [RCSE] Transmitter pack - Walmart 1850 mAh AA cells

2003-02-21 Thread Andrew E. Mileski
Howard Mark wrote: I'm curious as to why you say they royally suck at this charge rate? Is this just a problem with the Energizer brand? I never mentioned charging rates in my messages, just discharge rates. -- Andrew E. Mileski Ottawa, Canada http://isoar.ca/ RCSE-List facilities provided by

Re: [RCSE] Transmitter pack - Walmart 1850 mAh AA cells

2003-02-21 Thread Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I lost a brand new Xtreme last year at CASA in quite spectacular fashion due to a dead cell in the (new) airborne pack. Don't try to save money on batteries. I saved about $12 on the airborne pack by using decent quality bulk nicads. For that $12 savings, I turned a beautiful $1000 molded