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From: "Lars Svensson" <scandi at ibm.net>

Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 20:34:11 UTC

Message:

  Hi,

I have a Christen Eagle and recently replaced a Gel-cell battery with a "gas
recombient" one from Concorde. The model was RG-25XC. It had the same
external size but is about 1 kg heavier.
The engine cranks about twice the speed as the gel type did when new.
Manufacturers of light weight starters, Sky-Tec and others, recommend not to
use gel-cells.

Lars Svensson

----- Original Message -----
From: charles chadwick <bubbaron at bellatlantic.net>
To: IAC list <iac at lists.handmadesw.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 4:32 AM
Subject: [IAC] BATTERIES


> I AM ABOUT TO REPLACE THE BATTERY IN MY PITTS S2A.  THE FELLOW I PURCHASED
> THE PLANE FROM TOLD ME TO PURCHASE A GELCEL FROM A COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES
> WHEEL CHAIRS OWNERS. HE HAS BEEN BUILDING PITTS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND
> SEEMED TO"KNOW OF WHAT HE SPEAKS".  ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MASSES?
>
> WHAT SPECS SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR, AMP/HOUR ETC? WILL THE SAME BATTERY
> WORK IN AN S2B? ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE TO PURCHASE THESE ANIMALS?
>
> THANKS
> RON CHADWICK
> BUBBARON at BELLATLANTIC.NET
>