Reviews

For a good number of years the RC community have been treated to the electric power qualities of Lithium batteries. Fast recharging and gradually increasing capacities with falling prices as they become more popular and demand is high.  Most RC users moved away from heavy NiCAd and Nimh cells.  Although this required a more dedicated charger as each cell needed to be monitored and balanced.   Lithium Ion was great for laptops, phones with good capacity and safe in use.  Then came along the Lithium Polymer (LiPo) with high power output and fast charging with bigger and bigger capacities and discharge rates now exceeding 60C or power output exceeding 60 times the packs' capacity.  The downside though was safety.  These packs if mistreated or abused could instanteously overheat and catch fire.  Main image Hobbyking