Great Planes LIPOS from TOWER

[PIMPNROCKS]

Any body ever try the Great Planes Lipos that Tower Hobbies sells? They seem like they have a great price, but thats what scares me. Please let me know if you've tried them and how they worked.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by PIMPNROCKS

Any body ever try the Great Planes Lipos that Tower Hobbies sells? They seem like they have a great price, but thats what scares me. Please let me know if you've tried them and how they worked.

just the rating.. some are 20c and 15c....30C

I heard Kokam lipo are good. Castle Creation Tech was talking about over my ThunderPower Lipo

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&FVSEARCH=LIPO

[JohnRobHolmes]

The great planes Lipos are certainly decent, they will work for crawling. Kokam has great cells too, my kokam packs have lasted a long long time.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

The great planes Lipos are certainly decent, they will work for crawling. Kokam has great cells too, my kokam packs have lasted a long long time.

I knew you will say some.. do KoKam is a way to go? I know I just wanted to pickup locally so I got Thunder Power which is light and works good with my rig too but next one I like to use KoKam and other. Castel Creation only like KoKam when I was chatting with my next project..

[JohnRobHolmes]

If it is a slow RC, just about anything works. If you are going for all out speed, then Kokam or thunder power (or neuenergy) all have great track records for long lasting and well balanced packs.


Castle recommends Kokam because in very demanding situations they hold up very well. Great burst rates, low resistance, and top notch quality control keep the packs consistent.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

If it is a slow RC, just about anything works. If you are going for all out speed, then Kokam or thunder power (or neuenergy) all have great track records for long lasting and well balanced packs.


Castle recommends Kokam because in very demanding situations they hold up very well. Great burst rates, low resistance, and top notch quality control keep the packs consistent.

you are right . the like that ..69mph stuff..ahah.

John.. do you discharge lipo with charger every once in while?

[JohnRobHolmes]

Nope, I only discharge with my vehicle and charge with the charger. No need since it balances at the same time. Lipo doesn't get a memory so there is no need to discharge.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

Nope, I only discharge with my vehicle and charge with the charger. No need since it balances at the same time. Lipo doesn't get a memory so there is no need to discharge.

thanks.. wonder why then some of the charger had discharge. I take that is for non balanced lipo?

[STANG KILLA SS]

buy whatever you can get a good deal on.
the simple fact is there are only 3 plants in the world manufacturing lipo cells. so whether it says thunderpower or hextronic on the side your getting the same battery.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

buy whatever you can get a good deal on.
the simple fact is there are only 3 plants in the world manufacturing lipo cells. so whether it says thunderpower or hextronic on the side your getting the same battery.

thats like on PC world. most hard drive are made overseas in same factory. although one do better than others.

I'm not familiar with manufacture of lipo company but does sounds valid statement. I still think there must be one company make better stuff..

[JohnRobHolmes]

Enerland, Hextronic, and kokam are the manufacturers that I am aware of. Enerland cells are used in vislero, polyRC, thunderpower, and neuenergy cells. I prefer Enerland or Kokam cells.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

Enerland, Hextronic, and kokam are the manufacturers that I am aware of. Enerland cells are used in vislero, polyRC, thunderpower, and neuenergy cells. I prefer Enerland or Kokam cells.

good education for the day!

[PIMPNROCKS]

Thanks for the tips. You guys rule.

[TURTLE]

Im running two different lipo packs right now. Both made by great planes.

One is a electrifly 11.1 volt 910 mah 15c.
And the other is 11.1 volt 1500 mah 8c.

Both work great. I was worried about the 1500 pack but havent had any problems yet.

[mysharona]

Originally Posted by jmizoguchi

thanks.. wonder why then some of the charger had discharge. I take that is for non balanced lipo?

NEVER NEVER NEVER use anything other than the vehicle to discharge your lipo. If you discharge them farther than 3.0 volts per cell, than you will probably have a fairly usless pack. This is why newer speed controls come with the lipo cutoff function. the discharge function on chargers is for nicd and nimh batteries. You eather have to use a seperate balancer, or a balance charger to balance a lipo, they will not balance on their own.

[jmizoguchi]

Originally Posted by mysharona

NEVER NEVER NEVER use anything other than the vehicle to discharge your lipo. If you discharge them farther than 3.0 volts per cell, than you will probably have a fairly usless pack. This is why newer speed controls come with the lipo cutoff function. the discharge function on chargers is for nicd and nimh batteries. You eather have to use a seperate balancer, or a balance charger to balance a lipo, they will not balance on their own.

I ment was Triton JR and Triton do have both discharge option for Lipo and NiMH separately. so why company like great planes with have discharge option for Lipo.

Discharge NiMH
Discharge Lipo

[JohnRobHolmes]

Mostly for storage. You don't want to fully charge a lipo before letting it sit more than a month. 4v per cell is more like it.