There are 3 volt lithium rechargeable AA's out there, u just use less cells. There is a lot of concern about safety reguarding lithium cells but every cell phone use on now a days. I have never seen an article abt a cell phone cataching on fire but I guess it probably happens. I have been using rechargable lithium cell in R/C air planes for several years now and I have several 4500ma flat cell packs I use with qrp gear. If you use a charger designed for the cells there should be no issues. Most of the accidents I have read about were caused by user not using correct charger. A 4500 ma 11 volt pack weighs a significant amount less that a 8 or 10 cell AA pack. The R/C battery vendors are claiming a discharge rate up to 20C but with our gear it is not necessary. Check out any R/C airplane mag and you will find several adds for these cells. The AA rechargable cells are hard to find and I do not remember where I found them but I will try and find the invoice if others are interested. Tim ORourtke W4YN
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