LiPo Batteries in Gliders

On Feb 25, 6:03*am, "Karl Striedieck" wrote:
While charging a LiPo model airplane battery with a top-of-the-line charger
at the proper rate it burst into flame. I had carelessly left it out of the
flame-proof charge bag and when I checked strange noises the room was filled
with acrid smoke and a Mt Vesuvius mass of sputtering pyrotchnics was
burning a hole in the work bench. Don't fly with you-do-it LiPos unless you
have an ejection seat!

Karl Striedieck

"johngalloway" wrote in message

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What about Li Ion batteries like these? *Is the fire risk sinificantly
less than Li Polymer?

http://www.streckenflug.at//shop/pro...roducts_id=608

A bit pricey, and probably not approved in Europe, *but might be a
thought when a transponder has to be carried.

John Galloway

Here's an intersting video of a laptop battery fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlZggVrF9VI

Jim