01-22-2013, 11:51 AM | #1 |
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| 3s on a sidewinder?
Hi all. I have a quick question. Can I safely run some small 3s 1000mah 35c batteries on my scaler? It has an original sidewinder with a 6v bec wired in. 55t axial throw away motor. And a 7955 tg hitec. Also any idea of " crawling " runtimes? Geared 87/20..1.9 ttc claws. Thanks in advance guys
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01-22-2013, 11:53 AM | #2 |
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| Re: 3s on a sidewinder?
Yes, they'll handle 3s just fine. Run times depend on how heavy your trigger finger is.
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01-22-2013, 11:56 AM | #3 |
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I'm more of a slow technical style crawler. No southern buggy style driving here...
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01-22-2013, 11:57 AM | #4 |
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| Re: 3s on a sidewinder?
15-20 minutes maybe. Why so small of a battery?
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01-22-2013, 12:00 PM | #5 |
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They were practically free.....lol. I was gonna try the rig on 3s to see how it handles before I dropped the coin on some larger mah batts. I have a butt ton of 2s. I just figured it would have more grunt with the 3s
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01-22-2013, 12:14 PM | #6 |
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| Re: 3s on a sidewinder?
I run Sidewinder SCT's on 3S in my XR10 and it's good. I do use an external BEC though. The internal BEC isn't too powerful on 2S and on 3S it's really only good enough to power the RX. You should be fine for a while, but keep an eye on things and if you start to get brown outs then may be time for a BEC. I also have 2 V1 Sidewinders sitting on my bench (from Castle garage sale) and I'm trying to decide what to put them in.
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