In reply to Joseph S. Barrera III's message of Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:24:31 -0700: Hi,
I guess I phrased it poorly. My real question is how do they determine the minimum capacity they need? >On 4/29/2013 4:05 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > I don't understand why they didn't just use a different technology >e.g. NiMH. > > That battery would have less capacity, but who cares if it's >constantly being > > recharged by the main generators? > >Weight. They will calculate the minimum capacity they can get by with >(factoring in recharging), and then use the lightest battery to provide >that capacity. > >It would be interesting to know, though, what the total battery weight >is with Li vs NiMH. > >- Joe Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
