Cold weather packs
 

what do you all do for cold weather, i know lipos don't like the cold so i need something that I can run in the snow. I was thinking about jsut making me up some more NICD or NIMH packs, but sub D's seem to have gotten pricy again. ESC can run 4s so i was thinking something in the 12 volt area.

Re: Cold weather packs
 

I just run LiPos. :) I've driven some of my crawlers in pretty cold weather with a little snow and haven't had any issues. Been running LiPo in the Kyosho Blizzard for a few years now.

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I was told it was no no. Do you notice any change in performance? less power, shorter run time?

Re: Cold weather packs
 

You'll notice a little loss with small mah, low C packs. In a comp truck it can be a problem, most scalers will never see an issue due to more mah.

Well, guess I will just stick with my 6000 packs.

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If you keep the LiPO pack warm until use, they don't tend to drop temp real fast, thus no real performance loss.

You could drop a chemical heater in your LiPO sack to keep pack temps up until use.8)

As an aside, I believe you mean "sub-C" packs, not "sud D".;-)

Last pack I built where Ds

Most of my winter running will be around the house but the chem pack is a great idea. What would be a good low end temp to stop at?

how cold is to cold for lipos?
I ask because up here in northern Alberta Iit sits around -20 to -30 degrees celcious and quite frequantly hiting the -50

Sent from my GT-I9100M

Re: Cold weather packs
 

i lived in il/wi up to early 2011 and never ever had a problem in the cold weather

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I haven't noticed any decrease in performance or runtime, but I do run my scalers on big 2S packs. I'm not usually out too long in the cold, I'd be willing to bet my fingers/feet start to hurt before the pack is too cold.

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Yeah warm them to room temp, install then run. They'll be fine, it won't last as long and might lose a little punch, but I've never had an issue with my Rally Car on the streets after a snow.

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thanks guys, you have saved me some time and money here, now all I need to do is build a plow.