Who using A123 batteries?

[Scott Gerber]

Good luck Jared, I went with JR's counterpart to the 9100, the R921 and will be doing mostly the same as you however just one A123 for my 50cc Yak....

Scott

[Dan_nO]

From what I have understood you cant load check the 123's like lions,in talking to Kurt from Fromeco the Kodiak switch they designed, what it does it shows how many ma has been take/used out of the battery, that is how you know how much battery is left.

[dubd]

I ordered some from Fromeco 3 weeks ago... still waiting for them.

[Dan_nO]

Yup, just be patient with them, Kurt and them are working pretty much 7 days a week, you outa get them soon.

[66stang]

Fromco's are sweet batteries. Just flew 5 ten minute flights today. Probably could do it for another day too. Played it safe and recharged for tomorrow. Took a whole 15 minutes to charge.!!!

[Dan_nO]

Thats one thing with the 123 batts, doesnt take long to charge em.

[crazyjoe]

Got mine from Tanic Packs wired the way i needed them. went out the next day.

[MattyMatt]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Dan_nO
	From what I have understood you cant load check the 123's like lions,in talking to Kurt from Fromeco the Kodiak switch they designed, what it does it shows how many ma has been take/used out of the battery, that is how you know how much battery is left.

You can use a load checker... it just doesn't do anything because they will not drop in voltage unless under a huge load.

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	I ordered some from Fromeco 3 weeks ago... still waiting for them.

Mine took 3-4 weeks to get here, but they work great. Very consistent voltage.

[Stu_D]

	Quote: Originally Posted by MattyMatt
	You can use a load checker... it just doesn't do anything because they will not drop in voltage unless under a huge load. Mine took 3-4 weeks to get here, but they work great. Very consistent voltage.

I was just saying the same thing to a mate . People need to come to grips with the fact that these things work a little different .

Mine took one day . You should of got then from boom-rc.com/

[dubd]

What do you guys load check your a123 batteries with? My fromeco A123 batteries arrived and they are awesome. I have about 20 flights in them so far. I plan on converting my jets over soon.

[flynz4me]

I have two A123 Racing 2300 packs in my Carden Yak and they rock!!! Load checked them last night and the were at 6.4/6.3, today at the field after the maiden flights they were 6.6/6.7!!!! Yeah baby!!! 15 minutes and they are full from 0%-100%...

[Dr. Yankem]

Here's my set up. 2 123s' into a power box with a single receiver. 40%er with 8 5955s and 2 analog servos for choke and throttle. Had 6 12 minute flights. Charged the 2 batteries with Cellpro charger with a Y harness putting them in series, at the same time, (after unplugging the deans from the power box to eliminate the common ground) Charger said 13.something volts, 40 % capacity and
put in 1075ma when charging and balancing were finished. All flying was imac practice. 2 questions: do these numbers seem reasonable. 180 ma used for each flight and each battery used 537ma for the 6 flights?