upgrading to lipo tx batteries

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About 3 years ago I picked up a lipo battery for my JR max 66 Tx to replace the nicad it came with. The OE battery would only hold a charge for very limited amount of time, so I ignored all the warnings a tried a Tx specific lipo from Himodels. 3 years down the track, and it still holds its' charge far better than the original one, with no problems encountered. Encouraged, I went one step further. Having basically changed over to 2.4 for everything, I decided to pull apart one of my budget priced "Radiolink" Tx's that I bought from Lowpricerc. This entry level futaba clone ( or a re-badged one, I'm not sure) uses 8 AA batteries, and actually works quite well. I stupidly left it outside one evening, turned on, to retrieve a plane out of a tree, and it subsequently rained all night To cut a long story short, I dried it all out, and while pulled apart, I removed the power wires with a soldering iron, and put on a two pin jack compatible with the battery from the JR. The Battery won't fit inside the original battery compartment, so I drilled a hole for the wires to run through, and mounted the lipo externally, using gorilla tape. A little ugly, but practical, and showing a charge of over 11 volts after many hours of use. The AA's lose their charge much more quickly. I'm only using it on one of my electric sailplanes that doubles as a trainer, until I'm convinced it won't cause any glitches. Lets see how it goes....cheers..