11-20-2011, 02:23 PM | #1 |
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hey can anyone recommend a good stick battery that will last quite a long time? mine only goes for 30 mins. thanks in advance |
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11-20-2011, 03:13 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Francisco
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Bigger mah=longer runtime...
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11-20-2011, 04:33 PM | #3 |
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Traxxas makes like a 8800 and 10000mah battery in I believe 3s. That will last you a looonnngggg time good luck fitting it anywhere |
11-20-2011, 06:16 PM | #4 |
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sorry to thread jack but i have an xr 10. what is a decently big battery for it?
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11-21-2011, 09:22 PM | #5 |
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11-22-2011, 10:06 AM | #6 |
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Little packs are easier to fit. and small lipos can be had cheap here: Shop for RC Hobby Parts and Upgrades - Digital Servos, Brushless Motors, ESC, LiPo Batteries/Chargers for RC Helicopters, RC Planes, RC Cars, Robots get several, carry them in your pocket and they are easy to change out. They also have 2/3a nimh packs if you don't have the equipment for lipo. Someone on here made a great argument for going this route: if you only have one big battery and you smoke it, you're done. If you have several smaller ones, it is just a small pause to switch batteries. I use a 1750mah 2/3a battery pack, easy to fit, cheap, and I have a few of them. They give me a little better than 30 mins |
11-22-2011, 10:30 AM | #7 | |
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when i'm ready, i'm thinking on this battery for it LiPo 1300 3-cell 11.1v Battery Pack, LiPo 1300mah Packs, Lipo-1300-111-Pack I am going to look into it further though, i have seen some smaller than that one Last edited by prusik333; 11-22-2011 at 10:33 AM. | |
11-22-2011, 02:42 PM | #8 |
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ok thanks my battery is 7200mah i think off the top of my head. but i only get like 30-35mins maybe a little more at apush depending on what i am doing. I have never done a comp but I thought they lasted a whole day so surely I will be recharging all day??
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11-22-2011, 03:58 PM | #9 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Madrid, IA
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i dont know of really and nimh packs rated that high usually only 5000 or so, but ive seen lipos that high or higher but if it is 7200mah u should get a WHOLE lot more run time than 30 or so minutes if running any crawler related motor 27t+
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11-22-2011, 09:12 PM | #10 | |
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This, I need under 20 minutes of runtime/class. In my 2.2 dual ESC MOA, I run 1350mah 3S LiPO packs and can do ~2 courses. As I stated before, most XR-10 chassis are very tight, anything over ~850-1000mah 3S will be hard to fit. | |
11-23-2011, 02:39 PM | #11 |
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540 crawler motor I get like 45 mins but with my stock tamiya motor its like 30 mins?
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11-23-2011, 05:50 PM | #12 |
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for whatever battery you actually have the run time difference is fairly normal as the tamiya 27t will draw more amps than a 35-55t motor. based on those run times and whether or not your pack is still good i would say you have about a 3000mah pack give or take
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11-24-2011, 12:49 AM | #13 |
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sorry its a 55t motor and it is a 3000 mah battery that probably answers my own problem Doh!
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