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> but they're all LiPo/Li-Ion batteries, what's the difference? As I mentioned, the article specifically mentions that the battery chemistry has been changed a
by defrost 4mo ago
> but they're all LiPo/Li-Ion batteries, what's the difference?
As I mentioned, the article specifically mentions that the battery chemistry has been changed and improved.
It neglects to dive into the chemical engineering specifics of such changes, as would be expected for press such as the WSJ.
I dare say there is as much variation in the attributes of the LiPo/Li-Ion battery family as there is within the borosilicate glass or soda–lime glass families (ie heaps).
- stavros 4mo agoSure, but why are you assuming RC planes don't use the chemistry improvements as they come out?
- JumpCrisscross 4mo agoIt’s a niche, small-volume market. I would be shocked if novel industrial battery chemistries are reaching it within even years of the frontier. (Less surprising would be small-batch novel chemistries. But these aren’t really comparable to the industrially-produced thing.)
- stavros 4mo agoWe mostly use the same 18650 cells everyone else uses for everything, it's not like we're waiting for custom batteries.
- defrost 4mo agoAgain, the article specifically talks about improvements in car battery life since changes were made to tweak the chemistry (very likely in small dope ways). The fact that the article states that this appears to result in longer life and the fact that you talk about your RC plane batteries not having a longer life would suggest that the fine specifics of the two batteries may well differ.
- dzhiurgis 4mo agoIDK I rarely see 18650 cells in RC. It's mostly pouches which I assume come from smartphone/laptop industry - these are likely to have highest margins and highest tech (other than space).