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Unsullied_Spy · 05:22 AM

I, for one, don't find anything wrong with your setup freeze. Those things run just fine out of the box on 4s lipo. Running in grass does put added strain on the whole system but as long as nothing was running abnormally hot it should be fine. I go WOT through grass all the time in my Muggy and it heats things up a bit but I keep the temps below my maximums (I stop at 160 on the motor, 110 at the lipos, and on my non-MMM cars 170 on the ESC). See if SMC will replace the lipos, if they do I'd continue doing what you're doing. If not then you'll need to fork over the money for some better lipos, and it might be a good idea to try what linc said and go with a 17T pinion on 5s (2s+3s). It will have more power than it does now, should run cooler, and similar top speed.

4s lipo is just fine for use in MTs and Truggies. My Muggy weighs in around 16 pounds and I've run 4s almost exclusively through it for the past year. Currently my gearing is taller than it should be (I get almost 50 MPH out of it, too fast for something this heavy) and my motor, MMM, and lipos handle it fine--the motor gets a bit hot after about 10 minutes but that's to be expected.

EDIT: If SMC won't cover you, we can give your lipos the same sendoff I gave my old Maxamps pack

I just picked up my new Remington mdl. 870 Super Magnum the other day and I'm itching to try it out on something

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Unsullied_Spy RC-Monster Titanium Offline Posts: 1,609 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bozeman, Montana	07.20.2009, 05:21 AM I, for one, don't find anything wrong with your setup freeze. Those things run just fine out of the box on 4s lipo. Running in grass does put added strain on the whole system but as long as nothing was running abnormally hot it should be fine. I go WOT through grass all the time in my Muggy and it heats things up a bit but I keep the temps below my maximums (I stop at 160 on the motor, 110 at the lipos, and on my non-MMM cars 170 on the ESC). See if SMC will replace the lipos, if they do I'd continue doing what you're doing. If not then you'll need to fork over the money for some better lipos, and it might be a good idea to try what linc said and go with a 17T pinion on 5s (2s+3s). It will have more power than it does now, should run cooler, and similar top speed. 4s lipo is just fine for use in MTs and Truggies. My Muggy weighs in around 16 pounds and I've run 4s almost exclusively through it for the past year. Currently my gearing is taller than it should be (I get almost 50 MPH out of it, too fast for something this heavy) and my motor, MMM, and lipos handle it fine--the motor gets a bit hot after about 10 minutes but that's to be expected. EDIT: If SMC won't cover you, we can give your lipos the same sendoff I gave my old Maxamps pack I just picked up my new Remington mdl. 870 Super Magnum the other day and I'm itching to try it out on something All I ever wanted was an honest weeks pay for an honest days work. Last edited by Unsullied_Spy; 07.20.2009 at 05:22 AM.