Battery help

[mcursi424]

I am new to crawling and bought a trx4. I installed a castle 1406-2850kv motor with a Mamba X Sensored 25.2V WP ESC 8A Peak Bec Data Logging Combo I am looking for battery suggestions. I probably don’t run this rig no more then 20-30 min at a pop.


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[Inspector86]

Are you looking for brand recommendations, mAh size or voltage? All things battery are covered in this thread.

Definitive ESC, MOTOR, and BATTERY threads - RCC's top tech threads!

[mcursi424]

To be honest I know nothing about this. I’ve always been the person like most you want the biggest and baddest. You want the most power you can get. With that being said I can run 4S. But I would like to run a smaller sized battery so I’m not killing it in weight but still can get the most out of it.. Thanks for the link I’ll read that as well.


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[Inspector86]

The TRX4 is a low speed crawler and less a high speed basher. With that in mind the preferred batteries are LiPo in 2S and/or 3S. Most competition drivers run a smaller mAh battery in the 2500 mAh range to reduce weight and shorter run times. I prefer longer run times because I trail mostly and weight is not really an issue for me. For longer run times a 5000+ mAh will give you as much as three hours of runtime depending on how fast you drive. In a crawler the "C" rating is not critical because there is typically such a low power demand. There are several respected good battery brand names, ones that I use are Gens Ace and SMC. But I urge you to read some of the threads listed in the link I provided earlier. There is a great deal of good information on all aspects of this hobby on this site but you will need to spend time reading and researching what will work best for you.

[mcursi424]

Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. This is what I’m running now. I wish it would have been the shorter version so I could use the low mount.


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