question for the professor.

When nimhs came on the RC scene we thought they were the next best thing coming. We concluded rather quickly they were in most ways other than size/weight inferior to the old nicads we were used too. They had to be cycled several times when new to reach close to their rated ahs. They required careful charging, and cell failure was common ruining a pack. Maybe this was only with the earlier batteries, but we soon began searching for the disappearing nicads. Also there are different types of nimhs. The common rechargeables are of a low C rating. Im no expert on these batteries but my experience with them ended my use of them. I know this is not exactly pertainent to your question but maybe it gives you a little info. It would seem the old batteries like Pb and NiCad are the most forgiving of misuse. I like Lipos and have had no bad experiences with them, but am going with SLAs initially.

Thinking on the nimh/SLA combo, I think the nimhs would deplete pretty quickly trying to keep up with the amperage(Cs) of the SLAs. At that point(my thoughts anyway) they might try to pull the SLAs when the amperage load eased. A current flow thing. Don't know about overall reduction of output I guess the nimhs act as a storage bank, but my logic makes me think under lighter loading there could possibly be a 2way flow from the SLAs charging the nimhs. If the nimhs had an equal or slightly better C rating should work fine, I just doubt the nimhs are up to it.

Great! glad o hear its was that simple!