Originally Posted By: tman
Originally Posted By: drakino
Looks like it is shipping in a number of products, just not widespread yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery#Usage

Interesting. I can see people who use RC devices as a good market for this.

I wonder if its the special fast charging version of the battery though as mentioned in the article. The 6 minute charge is for an "untreated sample" of Lithium Iron Phosphate and the 20 second charge is for whatever they did extra that makes it capable of fast charging.


A123 batteries are popular with RCers already. But they are bigger and heavier batteries so only appropraite for large planes or surface vehicles. Then can be charged at more than 1C rate though- something LiPos batteries can't do safely. Also A123 batteries are less likely to explode and set your house on fire- which is always good. LiPo batteries are one of the reasons I never got very far into RC planes (besides I crashed all the time) couldn't justify burning my house down for a hobby.