newbie Question About LIPO Batteries

[prontozuk]

I bought the Futaba 2PL 2-Channel AM/1 S3003/MC230CR ESC and Integy V11 45T with my Axial ARTR as it was in my price range and something to start with and I already had some budget 7.2 NiMH batteries from previous toys. Now that I have been out wheeln' with a few guys they have suggest updating to take a lipo battery as the are lighter, smaller and last longer. I have read the manual and tried doing searches for more info on the Futaba receiver and ESC to see if it can take a LIPO battery but I cannot find anything.

Does anyone know if you can or is there something I can use to allow the lipo battery to be used or what should I upgrade to. If I am to upgrade I only want a 3 channel controller.

Thanks in advance for the advise.

James

[HomerJ]

Well James, first off, this thread is gonna get moved... Secondly, look in the electronics section near the top, there are some stickied threads that have a lot of good info on Lipo batteries/setups/etc. Read up on all that and take heed to the warnings on what people say about over discharging the batteries because they are very real..

[prontozuk]

Thanks for the heads up HomerJ about the battery discharge issue. And I missed that section of the forum. I will have good read. I have heard something about the Lipo exploding (not sure that is true as I have not witnessed it myself) maybe I should just make up my MiMH packs around over the rear diff and front servo.

Thanks Again James

[Chris_The_Battery_Man]

Lipos dont explode. There is a link in my signature to some helpfull tips. Dont go lipo for the sake of going lipo. I get all the free batteries I can handle and I dont use lipos.... on my crawlers.

[turner3123]

Right, lipos dont EXPLODE but they can catch fire quite abruptly if charged or discharged improperly. Wanna see one BLOW go to youtube and search 'lipo fire'.