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01-14-2009, 05:39 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England
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|  Batteries and charger
Can anyone recommend good batteries and a charger. I am going to be using the Novak 55t with ESCin a RC4WD Diablo if that helps. I would prefer a battery that lasts at least 15 mins.
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01-14-2009, 06:16 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hueytown, Alabama
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Lipo or NIMH? Money a problem? Either way 15 minutes should not be a problem.  Just about all of JRH's stuff is good.  http://holmeshobbies.com/home.php |
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01-14-2009, 07:46 AM
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Money is not a big problem although I don't want to pay thousands. Something that is an average battery that most people use and will work with what I have. Do most people have Lipo? I also want the same for the charger not the best, not the worst something that works and will work with the batteries. Thank you P.S. I saw on here someone was using 3 lipos what is the difference if you use more. |
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01-14-2009, 08:17 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hueytown, Alabama
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Probably just a 3 cell lipo. Each lipo cell is 3.7 volts. So a 2 cell is 7.4 volts and a 3 cell is 11.1 volts. I run a 3 cell. I would talk to JRH and he will help you out with your best options and the price range your looking at. | |
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01-14-2009, 09:39 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tuscaloosa
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hobbypeople.net has some good prices on nimh batteries right now and the Duratrax Piranha charger is hard to beat for 50 bucks. I haven't spent the money for lipo yet. |
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01-14-2009, 02:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Galt
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hobbycity.com has a pretty good NiMH/NiCd/LiPo balancer/charger for $38, and has some decent 3S Lipo's for just $19. I've been very happy with the charger (Turnigy Accucel-6) and batteries so far.
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01-14-2009, 06:18 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: rancho cucamonga
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noob here so a 3s lipo is what is run in these crawlers? what mah do you need to go with ?
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01-15-2009, 09:40 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Galt
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Many use NiMH saddle packs that fit on the front axle, but many also run 3S Lipos, which are lighter. Go with at least 1300mah for decent runtimes. I have a 2200mah 3S pack that I run on the rear axle, and I get nearly an hour of runtime.
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01-17-2009, 11:38 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calgary
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No reason to start a new thread on this, I want to use my 2200mah 3s Lipo (from my Trex 450 Heli) for my AX10, What speed control do you use XPLORx4? is there anything else I need to make this work? Thanks |
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01-19-2009, 10:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Phoenix
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castle creation sidewinder mamba max and tekin fxr all can run 3s lipo
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