Joe Hunt
150cc
I'm not certain about this stuff right now. My OCD is in a tailspin. haha Point one, LiPos seem to be badass with their quick charge and discharge ability. LiPos have a high sustained throughput rating. Downside to LiPos is they've always made me nervous, just check out the videos of them exploding on Youtube. Other side of that point is that most of us get along fine with LiPo safety by being marginally conscientious. Although I did have one foamie pack that swelled up to double its size and I hit it with a long demo bar to see what would happened. It blew up in a ball of seriously hot flames. Point two, when I put even a 1 to 1-1/2 amp load on my LiPos the voltage goes down a lot. I need to setup a tester that can bang my LiPos with 30-40 amps to see if they really can sustain those kinds of amp draws without their voltage dropping down in the unsafe zone. But, the real point I've been wondering about is LiPo vs Lith-ion. Lith-ion does not have the ratings or the architecture that LiPos have. But, Fromeco claims they can handle upwards of 25amps per pack (so a 50amp load with two 5200s running in a 40%). That's plenty. Now Fromeco says to try the Pepsi challenge... a blind taste test. And, Fromeco says you won't be able to tell the difference between LiPo and Lith-ion. I tried swapping packs back and forth (not blind, I did it myself) and thought I felt a difference. But, did I? I need to try the blind test. Also, with these brushless servos requiring so much less power than brushed motor servos, does that bring Lith-ion back on the table? Do these "crickets" level the playing field with the LiPos? Leaving my batteries in the plane to charge, and not worrying about fires, is very appealing to me. But, am I actually losing out on something by not running LiPos? Right now I'm mostly running LiPos because I "feel" like they are best. But, are they really?
