Battery advice

[jtracks]

I went with the 5800mah 2 cell lipo and smart charger from Traxxas. Got them from a local hobby shop. Plug and play no need for a balance plug as its built into the Traxxas plug. Great setup!

I haven't found a way to hook up a lipo alarm to to this new plug Jackalope so I don't buy them.

[jtracks]

A couple of points about Hobby-king you might like to know, The TURNIGY LI-PO/NI-CD/NI-MH charger is a very good and useful piece of kit BUT it needs a handbook to get any sence from it, You can find one on line and download it, but you will not get one if you buy your charger from Hobby-king, and secondly I had to wait weeks for my order to arrive although I have been given to understand that I was unlucky? shaun

Your not alone Shaun. I used them twice and both times it was over three weeks for delivery. Twice was enough.

Joe

[edpanzer]

Just ordered my lipos today I got 2 Turnigy 5000mah 2s 7.4v 20c-30c Hardcase Lipo's with voltage alarms and tamiya plugs

[edpanzer]

No she's happy to donate a glove she has a few pairs and it saves a fiver times is tough kaiser

[edpanzer]

hi there if you look this number up on e/bay uk the seller is called stockroom2012 and item number is 141531886492 i have this in my metal hull white metal gearboxes metal tracks tiger1 even has a tamiya plug and will power my tank through long grass and long run times you will need a lipo charger and the imaxB6 is an ideal charger just always balance charge and thats what i use hope this helps

That's a coincidence Ruben that's where I ordered mine from and I also have a metal hull white metal gearboxes metal tracks and wheel tiger 1.....spooky

[jtracks]

Just ordered my lipos today I got 2 Turnigy 5000mah 2s 7.4v 20c-30c Hardcase Lipo's with voltage alarms and tamiya plugs

I get just at an hours worth of run time with my 5000's in my heavy metal tanks with the smoker (Tar MKI) running the entire time.

Joe

[edpanzer]

Batteries arrived today charged one and its made a noticeable differance its quicker than before and seems to run on grass better and the smokers even better I never expected that.
One last question if I'm not using them till the weekend is it best to do a storage charge thingy on them??

[jackalope]

I went with the 5800mah 2 cell lipo and smart charger from Traxxas. Got them from a local hobby shop. Plug and play no need for a balance plug as its built into the Traxxas plug. Great setup!

I haven't found a way to hook up a lipo alarm to to this new plug Jackalope so I don't buy them.

I'm running the IBU2 that has built in Lipo protection and all Traxxas lipo vehicles have built in lipo protection which is very handy.

I apologize in being being new to the world of Lipo batteries I didn't realize you could not hook up an alarm to a non-lipo ready vehicle with the Traxxas set up, this could cause a problem in over discharging and am glad you caught it.

I'll just sit down and shut up from now on as I do not want my lack of knowledge to cause anyone else a problem.

[Lord Haw-Haw]

Yes it is a noticeable difference but once you commit there is no going back

LiPo

THIS!

[Lord Haw-Haw]

10000 mah 25C ( in my HL KT, not enough hours in a day to sound the LVA.
https://youtu.be/mRtmcKKUHLs
Used these to mount LVA's in a viewable location on my tanks:
My T34 the LVA can been seen via looking through the drivers hatch: https://youtu.be/HREoIFWd5Eo