Of course one only needs to buy one charger to support several altimeters. FlightSketch also created a tiny charger to handle those little 9mAh cells...and its lowest charge rate is 15mA, so still pushing things a bit.I've been thinking about this some more, and even if I found or custom ordered some tiny batteries with the 1.25 mm PicoBlade connectors to sell with these, they wouldn't be compatible with my existing charger anyway, since it's designed for the 150mAhr+ batteries that I sell and charges with a 125 mA of current. So if I take this on I'm signing up for sourcing tiny batteries and making a new charger. In that case, using the SH connector would be the right way to go, since it's even smaller and each class of battery would have its own connector and place to charge it. Adding a new charger would add to the cost, though.
Indeed. $20 plus the cost of the cell (and assuming one has an appropriate charger already).But an ION is $20... so if you lose it you're not out more than the cost of an E12 motor 3-pack. The other altimeters are a lot more..
There was a time when the FS Mini was $19, but we all knew that wasn't sustainable. I don't think that's what happened to FlightSketch, though. Something else is going on in his real life I'm positive. I just hope Russ and his family are OK.
For a model that has the room and the mass budget for the ION and a 110 mAh cell, and is OK with the slightly different results he/she will see relative to others (as we've discussed ad nauseam via emails) it works well.
Oh, I know. That's why I leave it on there. It's plenty loud as it is.BTW Bernie, if you remove that little yellow tab over the buzzer it will be a whole lot louder. The manufacturers put them there to prevent flux intrusion when they're being soldered.