battery dies fast
 

so I got my crawler done I have a tq3 radio system and 4 wheel steer, and have noticed that the battery runs down pretty fast. Do I need to get a cc bec to connect to one of my servos? or will I have to run to tq3 receiver on a seprate battery? thanks.

What type and capacity of battery?

I have a 8 cell 1500mah split pack from tcs and the motor is a 65 turn integy, and I have two hitec 645 mg servos for the 4ws.?

I am not going to lie, i think the pack is part of the problem,lol. I have been trying out those same cells, and not very happy with my run times just on a servo and motor. Your motor and 2 of the servos shouldnt create a big issue being I can run a 55T and a single 645 on a 1320 2 cell lipo for better part of an hour.

ok but does anybody have a split pack that's like 3000 mah? or is there some instructions somewhere that would show me how to build my own battery pack? cause I can't afford to switch to a lipo pack and charger right now.

how fast is pretty fast? how much does the rig weigh? how's your gearing?

i'm not sure how much my rig weighs. or how fast the battery dies I will have to time it when I go crawling next. but my gearing is a 21t pinion gear and a 87t spur gear. should I change my gearing?

You could change your pinion to something like a 14 tooth. When I went from a 14 tooth to a 17 tooth I noticed my run time was reduced considerably.

All split packs will be about the same. That said, I get 45 min to an hour out of my 6 cell 1500's.

ok guys I get about 15min out of my 8cell split pack if I change my pinion gear how much longer will I be able to run for? I will see how much it weighs later. Right now I'm thinking about buying a different chassis to put the drive train on.

Sounds like you have a bad cell or pack. Did you break them in with a nice long slow charge? Those batteries shouldn't be charged at more than a 1 amp rate (or less if possible) for the first several charges.

I charged it at 1.5 amps like tcs said. but I think your right about having a bad pack cause it charges for like five minutes and then the light on my charger starts blinking, so I think that I will have to buy another one and see what happens.