Lipo charger

[Northy]

I don't know much about these so looking for recomendations.

Cheers,

G

[Chris Doughty]

LRP Pulsar3 does everything as well as LiPo.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by Northy

I don't know much about these so looking for recomendations.

Cheers,

G

Pro-Trak

[_sleigh_]

cough.....

Nosram Stealth Evo.

http://www.nosram.com/products.asp?id=66


cough...

[Chris Doughty]

I like how quickly you have adapted to the red stuff Phil, very impressive!

[ashleyb4]

Orion advantage carbon version alot nicer that them cheap lrp nosram things.

A

[Northy]

I'm happy with my Pro-Trak for general charging, I just need a cheap and cheerful lipo charger. Or do I just need an inline balancer thing-a-ma-jig?

G

[Chris Doughty]

you can balance a LiPo while charging, or you can balance a LiPo as you would equalise your Nmhi's before a charge.

no performance gain either way from what I understand, its just done to keep them as safe as possible.

charging a LiPo is where things can go wrong, can you be 'happy' with a cheep and cheerful LiPo charger?

[bigred5765]

dont pro trak make or alter it to do lipo's

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by Northy

I'm happy with my Pro-Trak for general charging, I just need a cheap and cheerful lipo charger. Or do I just need an inline balancer thing-a-ma-jig?

G

You need the ROM changing for a lipo one

Originally Posted by bigred5765

dont pro trak make or alter it to do lipo's

Yes, it's the ROM that get's changed

[Chequered Flag Racing]

got a used Avionics Advantage Premium Flight Charger - £55.99 of ebay for less than £27 posted

and

a new FlightPower Intelligent Hi-Rate V-Balancer from a helicopter forum for £20 posted

[Northy]

My Pro-Trak is already Lipo ready, but has no balancer port thing a-ma-jig.

What do I need?

G

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by Northy

My Pro-Trak is already Lipo ready, but has no balancer port thing a-ma-jig.

What do I need?

G

have your lipos if you have any got a balance lead on as well as the + & - leads?

Originally Posted by Northy

balancer port thing a-ma-jig

I have flightpower lipo's and had to get the 1 in the above link because flightpower use their own brand balance plugs

I believe other lipo's use a more common balance plug so just about any other balancer should be OK

[Northy]

I have an Orion carbon Lipo and am looking at getting whatever one will fit in my spare tranny that I will never use at a BRCA meeting

So which balancer thing a-ma-jig do I need?

G

[mark christopher]

the Trakpower balancer will do it, then yuo can buy an adapter lead for other packs.

its not a necesity tho, wack it on jimmys ( he has track power) now and then to keep it in check

[dev]

Look at the FMA Cellpro 4S, it is a near bulletproof Li charger / balancer and not too expensive either:
http://www.fmadirect.com/detail.htm?...218&section=45