wrongway john
Well Known Member
This is my present 25 amp B&C battery. Weighs 23.5 lbs. Dimensions are: 4.92" W x 6.5" L x 6.85" H . I've had this one for 7 1/2 years, it never once failed me, but feel like the cranks are getting a bit slower. It says unlike conventional gel cell batteries, these are not supposed to ever have catastrophic failure.
Sometimes, but not always, on occasionally I'd give it an hour charge or so if I haven't flown in a few weeks, but that was it, never kept it on a trickle charger. As much as I would like to go with this battery again, mainly due to how happy I've been with it and also because of the perfect fit of my battery box, but I would like to lose some weight, and haven't ruled out the lithium batteries.
This Odyssey battery is another 25 amp, but only weighs 13.2 lbs, and has choices close to the dimensions I was needing. They say it has a eight year design life according to the literature at Aircraft Spruce.
I like this Aerovoltz lithium battery weighing only 2.44 lbs. Price isn't bad at $249.95. Evidently they haven't updated their site, because they have BMS balancers available for it now at about $114.85. I'm aware of the caveats of lithium batteries.
Any particular spacer you would recommend, or would you opt to build another battery box around new battery? What batteries have you been happy with or not?
Sometimes, but not always, on occasionally I'd give it an hour charge or so if I haven't flown in a few weeks, but that was it, never kept it on a trickle charger. As much as I would like to go with this battery again, mainly due to how happy I've been with it and also because of the perfect fit of my battery box, but I would like to lose some weight, and haven't ruled out the lithium batteries.
This Odyssey battery is another 25 amp, but only weighs 13.2 lbs, and has choices close to the dimensions I was needing. They say it has a eight year design life according to the literature at Aircraft Spruce.
I like this Aerovoltz lithium battery weighing only 2.44 lbs. Price isn't bad at $249.95. Evidently they haven't updated their site, because they have BMS balancers available for it now at about $114.85. I'm aware of the caveats of lithium batteries.
Any particular spacer you would recommend, or would you opt to build another battery box around new battery? What batteries have you been happy with or not?