10CG Battery

[fdtrex]

Hello,

I am considering to acquire an FF10 (T10CG), however I noticed the included battery is quite poor (600mAh, NiCAD).

Is there any better Lithium battery available out there that could fit as replacement?

Thanks for your advice.

FD.

[Rwinger]

I have a Futaba 10 CG 2.4Ghz and the battery lasts for ages. No need to up-grade as the power consumption with 2.4 is much less than before.

[Andika]

my old 10C has a 600mA batt too and it lasts no less than 3-4h
I always chagre the batt with 100mA and never had a problem.
however I were looking prices and batts for the radio,
Li-Ion from Duralite is to much expensive $105 then I discarded that option.
I will try ENELOOP, they are better than all regular NiMh batts. :o

DURALITE
http://duralitebatteries.com/flight/...hp#Transmitter

DUALSKY Built-In Cell Balancer
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=763641


ENELOOP
http://www.ripmax.com/item.asp?itemi...Category=O0900

http://www.canuckengineering.com/new...ry-pack-square

[steffgiguere]

I went to the club and could not stay all day with the bat. that comes with the TX. Bought a Outrage Lipo TX bat, and now go around 45 flights before needing to recharge.

[4cyclic]

Originally Posted by steffgiguere

I went to the club and could not stay all day with the bat. that comes with the TX. Bought a Outrage Lipo TX bat, and now go around 45 flights before needing to recharge.

+1, works great.

[fdtrex]

Thanks! Which Outrage lipo is suitable for the 10CG radio? I would rather buy it at the same time as the radio.

[digipaq]

Originally Posted by Rwinger

I have a Futaba 10 CG 2.4Ghz and the battery lasts for ages. No need to up-grade as the power consumption with 2.4 is much less than before.

Hi Rwinger,

I have heard a lot about the same thing, but this doesn't seem to be the case for my 10CHG. I do see it drain the Tx battery very fast even if I turn the radio transmitting off (blue LED off). I tried to use 8 AA NiMH 2500mAh, and I could see on the screen the Tx drained the battery like 1v/sec, and within a min, the siren went off.

I am just wondering if it's my Tx problem. Hope anyone of you will share more.

Thanks

[4cyclic]

Helidirect has tx lipos batteries for Futuba. Megapower, Outrage or new RNergy packs. Jut look for tx batteries.

[digipaq]

Originally Posted by 4cyclic

Helidirect has tx lipos batteries for Futuba. Megapower, Outrage or new RNergy packs. Jut look for tx batteries.

thanks for reply. I plan to do that, but before getting one, I just wanted to make sure that it is not a problem of my Tx, but truly how the stock batteries behave.

[Arsenix2001]

Mine came with a 700mah batt

[HeLiJerSey]

flight power makes a direct fit perfect never had a problem with mine. 3s 1500mah EON-TX towerhobbies sells it.

[400GreyBike]

I just collected my 60th edition 10CHG and it came with a 1200ma Nimh as standard? Maybe Futaba has erceived a suitable amount of "feedback" and swapped out the standard battery for something with a little more grunt

[theColonel]

I bought my 10C in September last year and it came with a 1200mAH battery too.
Also have a Outrage LiPo which rarely needs charging