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Havoc · 10.01.2009, 11:18 PM

sabongi: I will take a look at Brian's calculator. Not rdy for 6s yet, the only Lipo I have even used was in a Micro Desert Truck, those little Losi 1/36 scales. Need to get some use out of these 2s's first.

I know the chances of having problems with Lipo's are slim, but you are talking to a person who has the worst consumer luck. I could go on forever with stories about dead/stuck LCD pixels, bad motherboards, beaten-to-death guitar amps courtesy of UPS, etc. Even then, I make very few mistakes when charging, but stupidity can strike anytime.

My main concern is just storing them in a good place when I am not at home. I am paranoid enough about coming home to a kicked in door to have to worry about a pile of ashes where my home use to stand. I have an old gas BBQ pit that I may sand down, repaint, and remove all the gas fixture crap from. It would be perfect for storing and charging, could be a fun project too.

Regardless, I will become a Lipo user this weekend as long as it doesn't rain again. Stupid South Texas, we get a drought in the spring and rain in the fall.

For batteries I have 2 of these:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXYCB5&P=ML

2 of these:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVHA3&P=7

And 1 of these:

http://www.teamepiconline.com/shop/i...p?item=TEP2000

I am using this charger:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXPYT8&P=ML

With this balancer, which I haven't opened yet:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTSA5&P=ML

I have been using the charger on my nimh's for the last 2 weeks. Its pretty awesome, much better than the Integy and MRC Superbrains I am use to. Wish I would have gotten it a long time ago.

I think I need some adapters for the balancer though, the one included with the balancer is for Checkpoint batteries with mini-banana plugs. All my batteries have the wired balancing plug already. I will research this more tomorrow while I am bored at work.

And redshift, OMG, that poor old Emaxx!! You already win, my old Emaxx will never be that modded, that is pretty awesome. Good job. I am going for a different look, just not sure what it is yet.

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Havoc Smokless Nitro Offline Posts: 61 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX	10.01.2009, 11:18 PM sabongi: I will take a look at Brian's calculator. Not rdy for 6s yet, the only Lipo I have even used was in a Micro Desert Truck, those little Losi 1/36 scales. Need to get some use out of these 2s's first. I know the chances of having problems with Lipo's are slim, but you are talking to a person who has the worst consumer luck. I could go on forever with stories about dead/stuck LCD pixels, bad motherboards, beaten-to-death guitar amps courtesy of UPS, etc. Even then, I make very few mistakes when charging, but stupidity can strike anytime. My main concern is just storing them in a good place when I am not at home. I am paranoid enough about coming home to a kicked in door to have to worry about a pile of ashes where my home use to stand. I have an old gas BBQ pit that I may sand down, repaint, and remove all the gas fixture crap from. It would be perfect for storing and charging, could be a fun project too. Regardless, I will become a Lipo user this weekend as long as it doesn't rain again. Stupid South Texas, we get a drought in the spring and rain in the fall. For batteries I have 2 of these: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXYCB5&P=ML 2 of these: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVHA3&P=7 And 1 of these: http://www.teamepiconline.com/shop/i...p?item=TEP2000 I am using this charger: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXPYT8&P=ML With this balancer, which I haven't opened yet: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTSA5&P=ML I have been using the charger on my nimh's for the last 2 weeks. Its pretty awesome, much better than the Integy and MRC Superbrains I am use to. Wish I would have gotten it a long time ago. I think I need some adapters for the balancer though, the one included with the balancer is for Checkpoint batteries with mini-banana plugs. All my batteries have the wired balancing plug already. I will research this more tomorrow while I am bored at work. And redshift, OMG, that poor old Emaxx!! You already win, my old Emaxx will never be that modded, that is pretty awesome. Good job. I am going for a different look, just not sure what it is yet.