RC8

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A guy was in at our hobby store (RCP in Madison) today and informed me of these cells. He is apparently one of the first to import these into the US.

Specs for single cell:
Nominal voltage ------ 2.4v
Capacity ------------ 4200 mAh
Size -----------------65x95x13
Charge time to 90% - 5 minutes
Cycle Life ----------- 5000 cycles
Energy Density ----- 50.4Wh/kg

Might make a perfect 1/12 scale pack in a 2S form, if it would fit.

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english...071212/144076/

Der Dicke

A 2S pack seems to be too tall and heavy for 12th scale. 300gr is more than a Nimh battery pack.

I think A123 cells are the way to go...

heretic

the crushing test is quite impressive, i have to say.

miller tyme

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Average 4600 subc is 72g X 4 + 288G.....300 does not seem bad

sportpak

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Very interesting...Li4Ti5O12 doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but hell, if the packaging works and the price is right.

Fred_B

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We saw these a long time ago. Interesting cells but there are a lot of questions still. They've been tested at 10C so IR might be an issue.

Jeremy Otis

Fred,

I am very surprized you do not have these cells and performed extensive testing on them already. You are always 2 steps ahead.

whitrzac

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defnitly wouldn't want to pick it up at ~200*


we will all be using these soon...

joe of loath

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how about Li-To?

sportpak

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The only way people are going to happy is if they can make these into rounds cells that have a nominal voltage of 1.2 volts and charge on any charger.

Who are we trying to fool?

wingracer

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Then how did lipo ever become the rage?

If you mean in 1/12th specifically, the problem with lipos is the voltage. These things are 2.4 which is perfect. 2 cells instead of four or one with 4 cell NiMH voltage. Something like this just might work. Then again, maybe not.

a_main_attendee

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Also, two indivisual cells leaves some love for the t plate crowd.

As far as price goes, it will decrease drastically as the technology becomes more and more standered... Just like everthing else.

katfish317

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Time will tell like most things, there will probably be some other technology within the next few years if not months. Price will only come down but technology costs!

trailranger

Don't count on these cells making it big anytime soon.

The reason is because majority of the batteries in development are for battery back-up systems, off-grid systems and Electic and Hybird vehicals. RC is an after thought for use of batteries.

These batteries are 2.4V nominal voltage and require a charge controller. An electric car will have voltages from 200 to 500V and by having a nominal voltage lower than Li-Ion or Li-PO, you will have to incrase the charge controller channels by 50% increasing the cost. Extra cost will decrease the likelyhood these batteries are going to make full scale production. For small stuff like laptops and power tools, Li-Ion has shown to be well suited, taking away the need for SCiB batteries.

I know many will say that 1.2V NiMH and NiCD are used in EV's and that would require twice as many channels on the charge controller as the SCiB 2.4V batteries. The difference is that the NiMH batteries are grouped into normally 12V or 6V groups for each channel of the charge controller. The reason is because NiMH/CD can somewhat withstand a little extra during the charge process. This would be similar to how hobbyist currently charge a 7.2V NiMH battery pack without montitoring each cells voltages.