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chevy prerunner/trophy truck build

make sure you are ordering from a local warehouse, if your are in the US then you want to order the one at the US warehouse.


that is the discharge rate, higher is better. This is mostly for Throttle punching, from dead stop to full throttle, or hard acceleration.

it is a fine line between, C rating, MAH, and weight

A higher MAH runs longer but weighs more

A higher C will discharge faster thus needing more MAHs to run longer.

for crawling the rule of thumb seems to be 25 to 30C. we are not going terribly fast and don't generally need sudden wheel speed. So we can stand to have a slower discharge rate.

MAH is up to the operator. I prefer to have a large capacity and much heavier battery in my scaler so i run a hefty 5000 MAH 3s. I can run for a few hours straight trailing and the weight works to my advantage.

My MOA on the other hand is 3 small batteries, two 1600 MAH 3s for the drive train and a 2000 MAH 2s for the servo and receiver. It is more Comp-like and needs to be lighter.

for your truck i would go with a higher C rating, 50 to 70C, and around 2000 to 3000 MAH. if you are running 2s, that will last your roughly 45 minutes (this is not an exact science mind you, run times vary based on charge, battery state, outside temp, and how hard you are running)

There is some discrepancy on weather or not a ESC has to be rated for the higher C's, there for do some homework on that before you settle on a battery.

Last thing, you will also see references to "The MAH being 1C of the Amperage" , might be the other way around. this is not the same C rating as above and is important when charging. basically look at it like this:

3000 MAH = 3 amps
1600 MAH = 1.6 amps
800 MAH = .8 amps

See a pattern here?? ;)

Keep asking the good questions man! you are on the right track.

If I want to get a charger for a 2cell 7.4 volt 1300mah 25-50c lipo what charger is a cheap one or what do I need to know to find one? What's a $10-$20 charger that will work with this. http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__11902__Turnigy_nano_tech_1300mah_2S_25_50C_Lipo_Pack.html
 
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nothing that i didn't cause. at one point I shorted a battery while charging, now i can't charge at a rate any higher than 3.1 amps
so it takes a little longer to get my 5000mah up. My dad has the same charger and it does fine.

there are more expensive chargers out there that will do better at balancing the cells, with that said my packs stay within acceptable ranges.
 
I have the said eh-cheapo DC only charger that is linked to above. It was my primary charger for a year, and is still my backup.

I now use a Thunder AC6, about $45. I've had it almost a year and it still works flawlessly. Comes with AC and DC power cords, and will charge virtually any R/C related battery.
 
nothing that i didn't cause. at one point I shorted a battery while charging, now i can't charge at a rate any higher than 3.1 amps
so it takes a little longer to get my 5000mah up. My dad has the same charger and it does fine.

there are more expensive chargers out there that will do better at balancing the cells, with that said my packs stay within acceptable ranges.

Do I need to get a 50wat 5amp or can I go 6amp I found a very simpler one that is in stock and about the same price!
 
more amps mean you can charge at a higher rate so long as it is not more than 1C of the batteries capacity.

You can charge any battery at a lower rate and is a good idea to do occasionally.

So if you had a 6000 MAH (6 amp battery) but only a 5 amp charger, you can still charge the battery, but only at 5 amps.

If you had a 6 amp charger you could charge that same 6000 MAH battery at true 1C (or 6amps in this case)

Does that makes sense??
 
Are the parts you've ordered all from the same Warehouse? It won't let you order parts from different warehouses in the same order

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Are the parts you've ordered all from the same Warehouse? It won't let you order parts from different warehouses in the same order

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Yes sir same wear house. When I am all done at the very end after I pick my shipping method it tells me that there was an error and to try checking out again I did it about ten times.
 
Ok we'll apparentlywhen it says sign in an about OR paypal it means sign in and then use pay pall so I figured it out. Stupid error and my batteries should be here bye Monday charger and three 1300mah 25-50 c 2s tenurgy some tech thingy idk haha.
 
We'll there has been a lot of talk and no pics so here are some updates. I had an old new bright body I took the mirrors off and put them on the chevy body. Looks good.
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And I got the new skid plate done. She is all done. Obviously there will be some minor mods possible but yeah excited hoping lipo's come in soon.
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looking good cant wait to see how it turns out.

i am 16 already have one scx10 and am planning on doing a build sometime in the near-ish future and i can relate with you on some of the money issues and stuff ,but the guys that have been doing this for a while know what they are talking about.

keep up the good work and keep the pics coming ;-)
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We'll I was driving it today and as all rc people have done drove it to fast into something to tall that wasn't moving.
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I have an extra May look into a better ones. But yeah. That's the only thing that broke. Hopefully get it fixed before my battery comes.
 
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