Flightpower came today (pics of T4)
 

I got my 3s1p Flightpower today, after I wasn't impressed with TrueRCs, I knew Lipo could do better, so I thought, sod it, I'll go all out and buy the bees knees.:005:

So happy I did, ran it today, you really notice a difference. So much smoother, consistant, loads more power, I have a very long road outside my house but I seriously need 4 or 5 Tennis courts to take this in now.

Really impressed, the quality you can feel, thanks Serum, I think you made me want these more than anything else, hehe.


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Cool, those look really nice. Tho I'm surprized you didn't like the TrueRCs, I have a 5S 8000 pack and find it has an unbeleivable amount of power. Huge gains over the NIMH. Was the disch rate not high enough for your app?

Finn.. yah.. my TrueRC 8000 Packs were nice also.... Nick, how many mAh are those FlightPower Lipo's you have...?

guys..

It's about the power the batteries can deliver.

the 3s 3700's can do 1600 watts+ in bursts.. and 1000 watts continues above a 9.6V..

truerc is not even close. You need to use the packs parralel to get the power these babies can..

There are many different grades of lipoly cells. as with nimh's.

If I'm not mistaking, they're 3700mah.
The FlightPower batts are way stronger than most lipos in the market.
They can pull loads of amps at an instant.
Jon Badley told me that a 3s 3700mah is much more powerful than a 12 cell nimh pack.

Yeah, I believe you guys.....:) I will be all flight power next year... ;)

is there any other places that sells the flight powers cheaper than Hobby-Lobby...

try Mike, perhaps he can swing you a nice deal..

the hyperions he is selling are also very good.

I had the 4000mAh 3s1p TrueRcs, they were weak and one of the packs had a dead cell. They just didn't provide enough for me.

I hope to get a video this weekend of my T4. I will be ordering another pack for my E-Maxx to. They sound like alot of money but when you get one and realise that what you gain from it, they feel well worth the money.

Great to hear your flightpowers are working well for you. Serum has also convinced me to switch to these packs. If Mike puts them in his store they would sell like hot cakes.

It's not surprising (to me) that you found the True RC packs to be weak. 40amps continuous is not enough... and the Flightpower pack you have now can dish out about twice the power as the True RC pack you had. As Serum said, you should have used 2 packs in parallel.

Well a 3s with a dead cell sucks. A 2s pack with no dead cell dragging it down would do better. :D

Yeh, he wanted me to send it back to him for a replacement but to post it would cost me about £20 to the USA... I paid that much for it in the first place. I'm glad FP are in the UK, that's for sure!

Hey nick dude interested in these flightpower cells but i dont think the 3700's will fit due to the width in my xxxt.
they state 48mm but in my xxxt thats a squeese i wonder if you could take a vernier to your cells to confirm the width for us cheers.

It is *around* 48mm. The cells them self are that but the wires on the outside protrude a bit. I just managed to fit it in the T4. Only just.

I agree... you can't compare a 4000mah truerc (or maxamps) to these and a few other really high end cells.

But the Truerc would hold their own in a 2p pack of the 4000 cells, and maybe the 3000cells also.

It's all about voltage under load.... if the pack holds voltage then it will run equally as well. The 8000 truerc would probably hold the voltage very well without breaking a sweat in your truck.

But of course the pack would weigh more...which may affect accel and handling, but not really affect power or top speed.