For years I have been happily using the little dumpy 2/3A 600ma Nicads with great success and the advantage of being able to squeeze them into flight spaces and further down the nose of skinny fuses. Also been pretty good in 7 cell packs for Speed 400 - not quite up to the 500AR's but pretty cheap and reliable for sport use. Been disappointed that these cells have not been developed further whilst the AA capacities have increased dramatically. When buying a new pack just now, I was introduced to the Nickel Metal Hydride cells in the same size at 950ma rating. After a sales pitch I bought a receiver pack with some trepidation as I had heard horror stories way back of dumping, non fast charging and non peak detect. The blurb also said seven cycles before full capacity and mentioned "memory effect". Please could those experienced in the use of NiMh cells give advice on: 1. Normal charging rate - 50ma or 100ma or whatever. 2. Initial charging period (the blurb says no longer than 12 hours which is contrary to the normal nicad one of 24 hours). 3. Whether these pack can be fast charged with peak detect (the older Hitech G325 in this instance) and at what rate - I use 1.5 A on the nicads. 4. Whether the cells would be up to the rigors of sport Speed 400 use with its high current requirements. Most appreciated. Dave RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
