Sluggo's Dingo Build

[05Fronty4x]

Originally Posted by 65BAJA

I use a 2s 6600 Nano Tech pack in my Dingo. Crawled for about 5 hours yesterday and only put in 5400mah on recharge. That was with a 35T Integy motor geared 87-15 and running a bunch of lights and a couple of pulls on the servo winch.

(Sluggo) To help put this into perspective, your 3s 2100's are comparable to ~3300mAh 2s packs (half of his).

Originally Posted by SCX10Dingo

6 cell. Sounds like I should be getting more than an hour of run time out of them too? Wish I could return them and get lipos - already ran them a couple of times... What brand of lipos are you guys running?

Good luck with your build sluggo!

I run Thunder Power LiPos.


An hour sounds about right. I'm not sure why they encouraged you to run a 6-cell NiMH pack, especially on a 3s capable brushless setup. Aside from the weight savings for a given capacity, LiPo has a higher discharge rate to power the more demanding brushless setups. NiMH probably does fine on a brushless crawler, but I'd have gone LiPo all the way. My 3s packs weigh 1/4 of a comparable 6 cell NiMH pack and supply much higher and more stable voltage under load. A win-win for sure.


Sorry for the segue Sluggo. Good luck with the electro research. It pays off.

[Sluggo]

After running lipo, I'll never go back to nimh....

I would assume that crawlers would benefit just as much as my racers from running lipos.


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[Sluggo]

Tapstalk didn't update - so posted before the last posts...

Thanks again for the info guys...keep it coming!

Can styrene sheets be sourced from Hobby Lobby or Michaels?


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[05Fronty4x]

A quick search on their websites didn't turn up anything. I searched for both "styrene" and "Plastruct", a common brand of styrene products. I know HobbyTown carries Plastruct styrene products. I made some front fender liners out of .040"(or 1mm) thick styrene sheet.

[Sluggo]

Oh thanks. I'll give HT a look, just not one very close to home. Might just look online.


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[05Fronty4x]

Bummer, yea just order it online, along with your motor and ESC.