12-05-2009, 02:27 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southwestern Pa.
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I have been using 3s 1300mah 20c Lipos on my Berg since I built it. I see there are the same batteries available in 25c and 30c also. What is the atvantage?....Same mah and voltage. I assume it is more punch at full throttle? And if so, is it a big difference to warrent the bigger batteries?
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12-05-2009, 04:08 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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The C-rating is how high an amperage the battery can discharge at, so you're right; it's the amount of punch the battery has. There's continuous and peak discharge rates usually. So if that 20c is continous, your battery can supply 26A continous (1.3A x 20). If it was 25C, then it would be 32.5A and at 30C it would be 39A. So the difference between 20C and 30C is pretty significant.
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12-05-2009, 09:55 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southwestern Pa.
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So then, what is the most popular pack to run? Are 30c's used a good bit to get the punch for tough gates?
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12-05-2009, 10:38 PM | #4 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Catskill, NY
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If you want punch and thensome... id start at 35c. Im familar with lipo for about 2 years now and run 11.1v 30c, which is really pumping out the amps and its a serious battery, but there are times I wish I had a tiny bit more. If you can find and afford higher then 35c then you should do so. The higher the C count the better as long as runtime is not a factor to you. Hyperion has some nice packs in 35c fashion is many different volts and mAh's for a very reasonable price; http://www.rcdude.com/servlet/the-Ba...-G3/Categories |
12-05-2009, 11:43 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: 20 miles southeeast of downtown Sacramento
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I'm running Thunder power 850mah 45/90c batterys. They will easily do two courses and have great power. I do use 1100 Hyperion Gen 3s for practice/bashing for the run time but the less weight & bigger c rate does make a difference on course.
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