ok...whew.....thought I was going crazy there for a minute.....


on another note...whitzrac mentioned A123 cells for receiver packs and I'm currently giving those a try as well. I bought 5 or 6 of the Black and Decker VPX packs (for like $7 a piece on clearance at Wal-Mart), put a servo and balance plug on them and I'm going to give those a go. The are built like a standard battery so they are very durable and they can be charged at a very high rate.....so if you have one go dead you can be ready to go in about 15 minutes from what I've seen so far. They have a very flat discharge curve too so the voltage is pretty constant. Plus you don't need a regulator. I haven't put them in a race situation yet but so far they appear to work pretty well.

And for a charger you might look at the Hyperion 610i. I found it for about $140 online. It has a built in balancer and will charge just about anything, including A123. I have a 610i DUO and love it. I don't know much about the ICE so it may charge A123's as well.