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lipo battery please help

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:42 pm
by Delboy
will a h/l tiger run on a

7.4V 2100mAh Lithium Polymer (Lipo / Li-poly etc) Battery Pack please help
has anyone tryed this

Re: lipo battery please help

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:31 pm
by bubbajoexx
I run lipo in all my tanks I use 4000 mah lipos and i also you low voltage cut offs to prevent battery damage from running them to low

Re: lipo battery please help

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:13 pm
by Delboy
would the electrical side cope with them being 7.4v with out frying them
i have been told they are a better battery and longer running time
am more worried about the circuit boards cooking and burning them out
it's some thing to looking too have been looking at them
cheer's derek

Re: lipo battery please help

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:29 am
by bubbajoexx
7.2 or 7.4 realy makes no differance other than better run time the is a small increas in speed but no harmfull effects on the rx18 or tamiya boards

Re: lipo battery please help

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:20 am
by Delboy
cheer's that's a great help to know that i can use lipo batteries for rc tank's
thank's bubbajoexx
Derek

Re: lipo battery please help

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:32 pm
by BigPanzer
Hi,

A fully charged NiMh pack gives out more than 7.2v anyway, the theoretical voltage 0.2v increase should make no difference whatsoever.
Bubba mentioned a low voltage cut off. One of these is pretty vital. If you over discharge a LiPo pack you will knacker it.

Peter

Re: lipo battery please help

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:10 pm
by Delboy
i was told about the motor side of it that there is a power increase
but the board side we was'nt to sure of
and thanks for the advice now i can start looking in to getting lipo batteries for it
Derek