LiPo Poll - Please take 2 minutes to complete this short poll.

[ChrisB]

Brands In Use Currently - Turnigy,Gens Ace,Flightpower,Opti

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 20ish

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 460mah to 5000mah

C Rating Used - 25 to 30

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - depends

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - both

Number of Chargers Owned - 4

Power Supply Type Used - various

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - EC3 and EC5

[Mike Sanders]

Brands In Use Currently - Turnigy

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 15

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 360 for the 130x, 2200 for the 450 and 3300 for the 600

C Rating Used - All 20c as I am a beginner except the little 360 for the 130 are 35C I think

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 10

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Standard and parallel

Number of Chargers Owned - 1 real one plus the little mains one that came with the 130x

Power Supply Type Used - 12 volt, home made from computer PSU

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - JST-H for the 130. XT60.s for the 450 and EC5 for the 600. My favourite are the XT60's but they don't handle as much current as the EC5's.

[dillwhacker]

Brands In Use Currently - Turnigy, Overlander, Voltz, Align

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 60 ish

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 3S 2200mAH, 6S 2600, 3000, 4000, 5000 mAH, plus tiddlers for mcpx / 130

C Rating Used - 3S 25C, 6S 20 - 40C

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 30 inc tiddlers

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - standard

Number of Chargers Owned - two quads (50W X 4)

Power Supply Type Used - 12/24V server and a 500 watt thing from Maplins

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - Deans on 450, 4mm bullets on larger, is what I have. Prefer EC5 but cant face changing them all!

[bigpops]

Brands In Use Currently - Turnigy blue, Turnigy nano-tech, Zippy, Gens Ace

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - Around 30, but many of which are small 1S and 2S packs for 130X and mCPX

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 300mah 1Sl to 3300mah 6S

C Rating Used - 15C - 45C

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 6, not counting small lipos for sub micro helis.

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Parallel

Number of Chargers Owned - 3 and Accucell 6, an iCharger 208B, and a Powerlab 8

Power Supply Type Used - converted Server PSUs and a Meanwell.

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - EC5

[mattie-lodge]

Here's mine

Brands In Use Currently - Opti-Power


Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 20


LiPo mah Sizes Used - 3500 mAh and 2150 mAh


C Rating Used - 35c and 50c


Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 10


Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Parallel


Number of Chargers Owned - 1


Power Supply Type Used - Dual Computer PSU (own modification)


Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - EC5

[brummycraig]

Brands In Use Currently - Gens Ace / Zippy / Turnigy Nanotech

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 13

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 160 / 300 / 2600 / 3000

C Rating Used - 20c / 25c

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 2

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Parallel

Number of Chargers Owned - 1

Power Supply Type Used - PC ATX Conversion

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - XT60

Regards
Craig

[miniman]

Brands In Use Currently - Opti Power

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 16

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 2100 & 5000

C Rating Used - 35

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 15

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - standard

Number of Chargers Owned - 2

Power Supply Type Used - 2x server in parallel

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - ec5

[wheredidthetailgo]

Brands In Use Currently - Sieg Power

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 14

LiPo mah Sizes Used -250,450,3300

C Rating Used - 20,30

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 14

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Standard

Number of Chargers Owned - 1

Power Supply Type Used - 13.8v regulated PS

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - JST-XH,JST,EC5

[simon1]

Brands In Use Currently -Turnigy

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 7

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 3000

C Rating Used - 1c

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 6

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - standard

Number of Chargers Owned - 2

Power Supply Type Used - 12v 400amp 32amp

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - Hobbykings own bullet connectors with plastic shrouds.

[Cagey]

Brands In Use Currently - Optipower, Gens Ace, Zippy, Turnigy

Number of Lipos Currently Owned -22

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 1500,1800,2200,3600,3900,5000.

C Rating Used -25-35

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 4

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) -Balanced

Number of Chargers Owned - One

Power Supply Type Used - Mains and PSU

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) -Bullets

[dani_r]

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Thank you very much to everyone who has taken the time to help me out here

[Rctintin]

Brands In Use Currently - Turnigy and Optipower

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 60+

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 160,250,350,500,900,1200,1800,2200,2300,2500,3000, 3300,5000

C Rating Used - 25-70

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - 10-15

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Parallel

Number of Chargers Owned - 5

Power Supply Type Used - Grant PSU and Home brewed server PSU

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - 6s= EC5 Smaller than 6s= XT60

[Rob Barnes]

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Thunderpower
5000 6s 10off
4400 5s 8off
Optipower
450 2s 8off

Thunderpower TP820CD "my field charger"
Cell pro 8 "home parallel charging "

EFuel 1200w 60a power supply

Honda EU20i generator

Possibly looking at 4-6 new lipos next year !

[helimadness]

Brands In Use Currently - Gens ace x4 Align x 1

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - 5 (plus 5 350 mah for the mini)

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 2600

C Rating Used - Gens ace 25c Align 40c.. Gens ace have lower IR and more left in them after the same flight times compared to the Align. Approx 50 cyc each

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - Crash damaged 2 this year and replaced. Brought 5 when I got my 500

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Standard if I have the Time Parallel if in a hurry

Number of Chargers Owned - 1 x B606 and 1 x PL6

Power Supply Type Used - 500w Generic

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - Have deans but want to change. With the Gens ace coming with deans as standard was an easy decission at the time.

[nobbycopter]

Brands In Use Currently - Turnigy,Gens Ace,Flightpower, Loong Max (plus about 16 for the mCPX of differing brands)

Number of Lipos Currently Owned - About 20

LiPo mah Sizes Used - 2s, 3s & 6s - 300mah to 3300mah

C Rating Used - 25 to 40

Number of Lipos Purchased a Year on Average - depends but about probably about 4 or 5

Preferred Charging Option (Standard, Parallel etc) - Standard, series

Number of Chargers Owned - 1 GT606 dual charger (50W so need a bigger one for my 6s) (not including the eflite chargers that come with the mCPX etc)

Power Supply Type Used - inbuilt into charger

Preferred Lipo Connector (EC5,EC3, Deans etc..) - Deans on 3s and below (changing to EC3) and EC5 on 6s