helimatt
Elite Veteran
Location: Lafayette, IN
| My experience- don't over-discharge the packs, and of course, WATCH the PACK Temperatures! Overheating them will seriously harm their performance.
The Airthunder/KongPower 5000mAh packs are heavier, but performed the best over many cycles of 3D flying. TP packs did not keep up in my experience, nor did the Flight Powers, but to be fair they may have been over-discharged once or twice.
I have started using the Zippy 20C 5000MAh packs and like them so far- first flew about five cyces as a 6S setup, but now configured as an 8S for my setup. They are holding up well about 12 cycles so far but time will tell. The price is excellent though.
I plan to try the Outrage packs, they seem to be some of the best cells available based on other's reports. DesirePower lipos use the same cells (again, its reported)- not generally available in that label so perhaps we should open a distributorship.
Get a good balancer/charger- I use the ThunderPower 1010C charger, 210 balancer and it works well. I didn't at first, used a cheaper balancer and I think it might not have been doing an adequate job.
The Hyperion Duo charger is a good one, as is the new TP 6-cell charger, there are others too.
If you want to fly 3D, and aren't using the AirThunder type packs, the time the flights to use significantly less than 80% of the pack capacity, if you want the packs to last.
Never, ever, ever, ever give up. |
