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Originally posted by JThiessen
One thing I often see ignored when evaluating BL is the cost of batteries. One set of good 8's has got to run 100+. A lot of us already have good 6 and 7 cells for our rustlers/stampedes/rc10's etc....
How about run times with the Dewalt style set up? Anyone have any info on this? I would assume it would be less than titans on the EVX (more power needs more input juice)
Batteries: I have several electric trucks, so I want to keep my batteries common, thus ruling out the 16/18/20 cell combo's. 12/14 is all I want to run. Lipo's are out of the question.
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Batteries these days aren't all that expensive. From the store here, you can get 16 loose IB3800s for $100 that have already been zapped. I have heard that these cells are good enough that they are pushing 250amps in peaks for the airplane guys, and run well with 80amps continuous - even when not matched. If I had not taken the Lipo route, I would jump on these cells even with my low budget.
The Dewalt setup should get less runtime than BL, simply because it is not as efficient. It might take in close to the amount of power that a BL would, but its lower efficiency lowers the output power. Also, a BL motor would weigh less and perform better than a larger Dewalt, so for racing you would have another reason to go BL.