i was using a 5s 8000mah truerc lipo as well...nothing even got warm b/c i didn't run it that long...maybe at the most 2min. WOT form standstill....then a few speed runs...I used the ESC brakes and everything worked fine....truggy stopped after I punched it from a rolling reverse to WOT...no smoke....no plastic burning smell.....no binding in the drive train it free rolls like a champ....all of my electronics we're barely warm to the touch...the biggest problem was that the castlelink wouldn't recognize the monster....
..i doubt its the lipos...but IDK i'm not the expert here..
....i'[m sure patrick and bernie will get to the bottom of this esp when all the dead monsters arrive.....