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Old 06-09-2015, 10:39 AM   #1
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Default What battery and charger for the wraith

I just bought a new wraith. Now I need 2 batteries and a charger. I dont know what I should get. Nimh? Lipo? What charger?

Can you suggest something good? And value for money?

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Old 06-09-2015, 10:59 AM   #2
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I use a venom 5000mah nihm battery and dynex simple charger.

Charger was $20
battery was $38

Never used lipo, seems too complicated lol. No issues here.
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Old 06-09-2015, 05:06 PM   #3
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I use 2s 7.4v 5000MAH Lipo's in mine and they're great, however I will caution that the lipo will quickly burn the stock motor if not regeared. There's a lot of info out there on gearing, I'd read up on that a little bit regear (its super cheap) and prolong the life of your stock motor. Mine came with a NiMH battery and I hated it, not much power super short run times etc, I generally get around 45-60 minutes on my 2s fully charged. And buy yourself a good charger, hobby people regularly has sales on them, I got mine for $49 its computer controlled and easy to use.
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Old 06-10-2015, 12:16 AM   #4
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what ESC is in it, the Ae2 can only run 2s Lipo, but the Ae3 can 3S
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Old 06-10-2015, 12:28 AM   #5
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Amain hobby 2s 7.4v 5000mah. Lipos aren't complicated, I thought it would be at first too, but the switch from nimh was well worth it. 1.5hr run times and solid power all the way through. Have the thunder ac360 charger, works great, 60$ for the charger and $40 for each battery. Worth it, go lipos
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Old 06-10-2015, 12:29 AM   #6
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Also I think I read the ae2 can handle 3s
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Old 06-10-2015, 12:32 AM   #7
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No, they cant - 2S maximum.
I just went from 5000 NiMh to 2200 3S Lipo and am getting the same run times (although same time with a HH ESC and motor change)
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Old 06-10-2015, 12:43 AM   #8
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I get around 2 hours on my 5000mah nimh i like the extra weight.
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Old 06-10-2015, 12:56 AM   #9
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Hobbyking for sure batteries are cheap under start at at around 12.00 and chargers are 24.95.I use the turnigy 5000Mah 25c 2 cell 15.00 and had some or like 3 years now and charger Imax B6 charger 2 to 6 cell charger...buy 2 chargers one for spare or charge 2 at the same time
You can buy a hole bunch of batteries for that price...can't go wrong.
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Old 06-10-2015, 04:20 AM   #10
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No, they cant - 2S maximum.
I just went from 5000 NiMh to 2200 3S Lipo and am getting the same run times (although same time with a HH ESC and motor change)
Yes, they can. I have my ae-2 running on 3s, tons of people on this forum run 3s on ae-2 esc.
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Old 06-10-2015, 08:02 AM   #11
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Yes, they can. I have my ae-2 running on 3s, tons of people on this forum run 3s on ae-2 esc.
You/they shouldn't be and you shouldn't be recommending it to others, it's not rated for 3S.
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Old 06-10-2015, 09:28 AM   #12
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I run the 2S Orion shorty race packs up front. Light weight and last forever. 4500maH with 100c lasts forever!
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Old 06-10-2015, 09:34 AM   #13
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tons of people on this forum run 3s on ae-2 esc.
With the internal BEC disabled and running an external BEC. If you just use 3s with out that, it will fry sooner than later.
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Old 06-10-2015, 11:00 AM   #14
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Im using Racers Edge 3400mah 3s to push my AE2. Its what I had on hand to power my kit. I do have a CC bec though. I only have a couple runs on it so far but no issues. The wraith is my first car to run an external bec so I'll be keeping a close eye...
I have an AE2 in my scx10 as well but that only runs on 2s with no bec.
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Old 06-11-2015, 08:56 PM   #15
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No, they cant - 2S maximum.
I just went from 5000 NiMh to 2200 3S Lipo and am getting the same run times (although same time with a HH ESC and motor change)
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You/they shouldn't be and you shouldn't be recommending it to others, it's not rated for 3S.

It even says in this article on axial website you can run 3s if you use a bec.

Axial Racing - Axial AE-2 ESC Set-up and Programming

**You can run higher voltage batteries such as a 7 cell NiCad/NiMH or 3 cell lipo with the installation of a “Castle BEC"
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.....3s if you use a (Castle) bec.
You might want to include that little detail when you recommend someone run 3S. It could be the difference between someone being properly prepared/equipped or someone burning up their ESC.
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Old 06-16-2015, 11:03 AM   #17
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2s 7.4 5000
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Old 06-16-2015, 04:52 PM   #18
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Since this thread is already started and recent, can people also state what C rating they are running. For instance, 20c, 45c, 100c was mentioned. I'm curious to know what most are running for brushed and brushless motors equally.
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Old 06-16-2015, 08:20 PM   #19
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Running the Orion shorty carbon pro 4500 100c lipo. Great run time. And the shorty fits mint up front.



P.S. I'm running the Tekin RS Gen 2 and 8.5 brushless sensored. Great low, mid and top end. Geared 80/17.

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