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Originally Posted by lincpimp
Actually if you look sround you can find lipos cheap. I bought a pair of 3600 12c 2s polyquest lipos for 32 bucks each from cheapbatterypacks a few months ago. They were so good I bought another 2. Now I have a pair of 3600 4s packs, so I have over 80 amps cont plus 7200 mah of capacity. All for about $130 inc s/h. My supervee runs really good now!
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Point proven.
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Originally Posted by starscream
You also have to factor in the new hardware needed for charging/balancing and mounting & protecting the Lipo's on the chassis as well as the learning curve for the new batt chemistry as not to destroy your new investments.
Lipo's are not for folks who do not want to worry about low voltage cutoffs, discharge cutoffs, current ratings and thermal runaway  .
My vote would be A123's for those types of users as the A123's are lighter than nimh's and are not as fragile/temperamental as Lipo's. |
I'm just referring to the cost factor. Nobody mentioned the things that go with LiPo usage, like being cautious for one. Something that should be used either way...LiPo or not.