Originally Posted by
gkn0315
receiver packs 1290mah up to 6s 5000mah packs
If you geta charger that takes care of the 6S, the rcvr batts will automatically be covered since they only need to charge at 1amp.
For a 6S lipo at 1C charge rate, power needed is 25.2v x 5a = 126watts. A 2C charge rate would require 252watts. If you're absolutely certain you'd never consider 2C charging, then 200watts would be the minimum although you could get by with a 150watt charger.
The iCharger for 1C charging would be their minimum power charger, the 106B which is 250watts with a 10amp max charge rate. They don't have a 'smaller' charger, so this would be good for either 1C or 2C charging of your 6S lipo. It will do the rcvr pacs as well.
Originally Posted by
Ejection
I have a Thunder AC6 and like it a lot. That being said, if I ran 1/8 scale with 6S lipos I would spring for a better charger, I don't think I would want to wait for it to charge a monster battery like that, even though its rated for it.
I'm sure you know teh AC-6 is a 50watt charger. It will charge a 6S, its rated for that cell count. It will take a while since with a 50watt limit, current would just be 50watt/25.2v = 1.98amps. Instead of about an hour, I'd estimate it'd take somewhere between 2.5 - 3hrs. This is worst case since when the lipo first starts charging, the voltage will be lower and the charger's charge current will be a little higher.