What type of battery?

[hummer6504x4]

I just bought a ax-10 rtr and what type of battery should i run in it ? I bought 2 7.2v 4500mah high power nimh batterys with a smart charger(i think 6 cell batterys). Is this a good set up? Any help would be much appereciated.

[LIKES2CRAWL]

Originally Posted by hummer6504x4

I just bought a ax-10 rtr and what type of battery should i run in it ? I bought 2 7.2v 4500mah high power nimh batterys with a smart charger(i think 6 cell batterys). Is this a good set up? Any help would be much appereciated.

Those should work just fine, the only problem is there size and weight makes it harder to mount in a good location to keep your center of gravity down low to keep the rig from flipping so easy. If you run a velcro strap under your steering servo and run the battery length wise over your front/upper links and strap it down would probably be your best bet.

[Mortimer Snerd]

What are you doing with the truck? If you're competing at all, or even mostly crawling, I'd look at a set of 2/3 A saddle packs.

[hummer6504x4]

All i am doing with the truck is just a allaround crawler one just to play with in the back yard. I know that the battery tray is up on top of the ax10 will the battery fit there? how much of a problem will i have with its size? How much bigger is it than a 1500 pack?

[Mortimer Snerd]

Originally Posted by hummer6504x4

All i am doing with the truck is just a allaround crawler one just to play with in the back yard. I know that the battery tray is up on top of the ax10 will the battery fit there? how much of a problem will i have with its size? How much bigger is it than a 1500 pack?

Should fit fine. It is much bigger than a 1500 pack. 1500 mah 2/3A cells are small enough that pretty much everyone mounts them to the front axle for better weight distribution. Makes a huge difference in overall performance.

[hummer6504x4]

thanks man i cant wait for it to get here, I think that i might go ahead and get a 1500 or a 1800 to have so i wont haft to run that big pack all the time. Thanks for the info man.