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Originally Posted by LUTNIT
Are you sure? I don't know much about the chemistry but I had a 1700mAh NiCd large pack and its ROF was noticeably lower than a 1400mAh NiMh mini pack in another stock TM gun. Also higher mAh NiMh begin to approach NiCd performance? I have a 7.2V 4200mAh NiMh that has provides an obviously higher rate of fire (don't need any fancy ROF calculator) than an 8.4V 2400mAh NiCd pack so it would seem that NiMh packs outperform NiCd easily.
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Ah what? You're comparing a 4200mah battery pack to a 2400mah battery pack and claiming the 4200mah has a higher rate of fire?!?!... of course it does. You need to compare the same voltage and same amperage to make a proper comparison!
Aside from owning both types of packs (and selling...) I can assure you there is a SIGNIFICANT difference. NiMH is also more temperature sensitive so what works in your basement at 20 degrees isn't whats going to work in a Canadian february. Its also generally acknowledged that the chemistry differences between the two types of cells give them different electrical load and burst characteristics.
Also point of fact, people use NiMH at the lower MAH levels to go into smaller spaces in airsoft gun configurations that are space-challenged. When you get into the sub-1000mah range, you WILL notice considerable differences in life and performance that favors NiCAD over NiMH.
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Originally Posted by LUTNIT
Lets all get LiPo's! Why worry about the difference between 20A and 30A surge amperage when we can get 100-150A surge amperage! Of course mistreating a NiMh means the cells will die, mistreating a LiPo means it will burst into flames and give off incredibly toxic gas, but just be careful.
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I looked into carrying Lipos and what stood out to me was the cost of the pack would be considerably higher because of the electronics that would allow you to safely use a lipo in an airsoft application. It was cost prohibitive.