battery question:

[wirywrangler]

the 1/18 nylint runs on a 7.2 volt battery, will a 9.6 volt battery, be an overload on the boards or the motors them selfes cuasing them to fry,. or will it be safe

[JeeperoManiako]

Yes it is possible to fry your circuit board.

[twisted]

eventually somthing will fry.

[wirywrangler]

well thats what I thought, what about upgrading to 7.2 in a C cell battery, will that allow a longer running time rather than what came with the nilynt

[rockhales]

I have ran about 2hrs with mine. DO not do it to stock axel, The only way i found to stop gear clicking is with bands to keep the gearbox tight.

[twisted]

get bents mod will take care of the clicking axles if done correctly. imo 9.6v is pushing the stock electronics.

a sub c cell 7.2 volt battery will not hurt the electronics as your still runinng 7.2 volts.

[rockhales]

Originally Posted by twisted

get bents mod will take care of the clicking axles if done correctly. imo 9.6v is pushing the stock electronics.

a sub c cell 7.2 volt battery will not hurt the electronics as your still runinng 7.2 volts.

get bent's mod worked , the next weak link for mine was the case being pushed apart....I know its pushing it(9.6)if i was not going to PUSH thrash & have fun , Then i would go buy fine china or collect stamps, Im planing hobbie grade ELC, Wait i already have it , just waiting on stock to take a sh--. He (wirywrangler) ask ,,, i told him that 2hrs of run time (with9.6) has not hurt mine yet,,, and it has not....

[wirywrangler]

Originally Posted by twisted

get bents mod will take care of the clicking axles if done correctly. imo 9.6v is pushing the stock electronics.

a sub c cell 7.2 volt battery will not hurt the electronics as your still runinng 7.2 volts.

i know if i stick with 7.2 everything will be fine, but will the c cell batteries give me a longer running time

[twisted]

whats the mah rating ? are they 2400's,3000's,3300's,3800's.....lol...most sub c cells will have more run time then the stock battery.problem is weight and space.

[wirywrangler]

have to check the rating, weights not a problem, but space is deff, a problem, most likely going to do a stick chasie, to make some space, but thanks from all for the help, will post updates when im done

[twisted]

cool.weight could be a problem if its to high, it will cause the truck to roll over easily.

[Trike Kid]

Weight can become an issue, I found my truck (when it was stock chassis, I'll post up what i've done to it now when i'm done) crawled much better when I bobbed the back of the Jeep body. If you want more run time, build or get some packs built using AA cells, you can get 1750mah cells. I'm going to be using the stock cells to build a pack to lay tight to the top of the axle.

[wirywrangler]

Originally Posted by twisted

cool.weight could be a problem if its to high, it will cause the truck to roll over easily.

cant tell how high it sets but you can see that ive taking the springs out so its going to set as low as possible, so it hasnt been to top heavy for a while, battery will add back plus a bit more of weight that ive cut off the rear end, found out its a 1200mAH battery, so any idea how much more running time I could get out of it compared to stock battery

[wirywrangler]

Originally Posted by Trike Kid

Weight can become an issue, I found my truck (when it was stock chassis, I'll post up what i've done to it now when i'm done) crawled much better when I bobbed the back of the Jeep body. If you want more run time, build or get some packs built using AA cells, you can get 1750mah cells. I'm going to be using the stock cells to build a pack to lay tight to the top of the axle.

would like to see how that will work, the battery is 1200 mah c cell, it come with AA cell but dont know what mah it is

[Trike Kid]

I haven't got it figured out yet, I can't get the stock pack apart with my iron, I may just get some new cells. I just weighed my stock pack vs. a sub-c stick pack (NiCd to Nicd, since my IB3800 NiMh packs are an ounce or two over a pound). The sub-c came in at 11.5 ounces, while the stock pack was only 4 ounces. The sub-c you have should give roughly double the stock 600mah's run time.

[wirywrangler]

Originally Posted by Trike Kid

I haven't got it figured out yet, I can't get the stock pack apart with my iron, I may just get some new cells. I just weighed my stock pack vs. a sub-c stick pack (NiCd to Nicd, since my IB3800 NiMh packs are an ounce or two over a pound). The sub-c came in at 11.5 ounces, while the stock pack was only 4 ounces. The sub-c you have should give roughly double the stock 600mah's run time.

well thats good to know, would like torun it more than 20 min

[Trike Kid]

Originally Posted by wirywrangler

well thats good to know, would like torun it more than 20 min

How are you charging your pack currently? I charged my stocker on a my intellipeak and got 40+ min run times.

[wirywrangler]

Originally Posted by Trike Kid

How are you charging your pack currently? I charged my stocker on a my intellipeak and got 40+ min run times.

charging it like book said to, for 4hrs with the charger that come with it, but it only gives me less than 30 min of run time when im in low gear at full time

[twisted]

im using intellect 1200 2/3 cells (6). i get more punch and about 30 minutes of run time.my rig is locked in low.pluss these cells are lite.

if you wanted to get long runtimes with low weight look into gp 2400 AA size batteries.

[wirywrangler]

Originally Posted by twisted

im using intellect 1200 2/3 cells (6). i get more punch and about 30 minutes of run time.my rig is locked in low.pluss these cells are lite.

if you wanted to get long runtimes with low weight look into gp 2400 AA size batteries.

next time im up at the hobby shop ill check on that and see what they have in stock