I have an old Hitec Nicad 9,6 volt nicad charger and a new Hitec 9,6 tx nimh battery. I like to know if it possible to charge nimh with nicad charger? I dont believe that but??

Hi All, I just wanted to show off my new plane I have been playing with the past week. Paul Blymyer a friend of mine from RCfoam designed her. The full size Ligeti was built back in the 80s by Charles Ligeti, his son Ron is now at work to release the full size aircraft once again.

I have about 10 flights so far and I have been playing with the cg to see what I can do. When I test flew the Ligeti I was slightly tail heavy so she would climb under power and I could get her to spin. With the cg set at Paul's recommendations I couldn't get a stall. With power off and full back elevator, she would just mush along until I added power. Over all it's a pretty nice plane, With both wings producing lift, I was thinking it might be fun to try a lightweight indoor version. Anyway enjoy the photos.

Jim

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I left a battery connected to my T-34's ESC circiut for almost 2 days before I realized it was still connected, This happened when I was rebuilding my nose gear bulkhead after a hard landing, I was distracted, normally I would never do this. It is a 3S 3200mah 15C. At the time it measured 3V. Now 2 weeks later it measured 9.6V. So I just charged it, it took 95 minutes and 3363mah. The battery is not hot or puffed. I think next I will discharge it with the Passport Ultra and see what happens, I am doing this in an explosionproof bag made by Dynamite (Ironic). I guess I will discharge at 1C. If it goes well I think I will cycle the battery and increase the discharge rate. I just wonder, even if the test seems to be successful, should I ever risk putting it in my plane again?
VP

hi guys i have a brand new in package dimension engineering park BEC 5v for $12 shipped. thanks

Input voltage: 6V to 33.6v (2s-8s lithium, up to 21 NiMHs)
Output current: 1.25A continuous, 1.5A 60 second peak. (6 4-9g servos, 4 standard servos)
Weight: 6.2g/.22oz
Weight Without Wires: 4.1g/.14oz
5 Volt output
Universal connector fits all receivers
1.3V dropout voltage at 1A
Can be put in paralle

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I have been learning alot about battery procedures and practices here. Here is another question. I am an electrician, I must have these in my toolbag. http://www.ryobitools.com/catalog/po...drivers/HP41LK
3 years ago these came out. They had a Fathers Day promotion on these. So I bought one to try it out. I really liked it, so I went back to Home Depot to buy another one, Sold out and it was only a marketing test for Fathers Day. I then found all the stores that still had some and bought them out. I have over a dozen. I bought all these because when I find something that is good I like to have spares and you never know when something will be discontinued, also I figured they would last until I retire. So I wondered how to store them, The manual says if to be stored for over 30 days store in uncharged condition. Okay fine, so I would let them run out one at a time with use and then store them. Well these last so long that could take a while. So I sat there watching TV with all these drivers in my lap running them empty, this took a few nights. (Sorry this is dragging on). So just recently I find a website that is an authority on batteries http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm Lithium Ion batteries should be stored with some charge. This is now almost 3 years of my drivers being stored dead. So I panic and charge all of them, took a while, sure enough 2 of them are dead, I feel lucky that the rest seem to work. so my question finally is should I rotate all these drivers in use? Will that make them all last longer? Or will that deplete the batteries because they are being used. Or should I just use 1 at a time and keep the rest half charged. My goal is to have working drivers for the rest of my career. Do the batteries have a shelf life? Thanks for bearing with me on this and thanks for any help.
VP

Hi guys purchased my first heli yday and come today, when trying to fly the first set of blades (bottom set) are not spinning, on closer inspection the motor doesn't spin, you may be thinking oh the motor has gone, but sometimes it works but 90% of the time it doesn't, could it be related to all the trim setting etc? thanks in advance for your help

I have a Exceed rc G2. I was wondering if the tx and rx would work in a plane? Not sure if there are any mixing issues that might come up. Thanks, Trevor

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