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lincpimp · 07.28.2010, 11:41 PM

Since you should not mismatch cells of different usage (age or number of cycles) that pretty much cans this idea.

After you see that you cannot have a pack that you can run as a 2s some time or a 3s sometime, or whatever you get back to the only benefit I can see:

You could run 4 (or 6) of these cells in a few different vehicles that operate on the same voltage, but use either singe or dual battery trays. For example, you have a flux, erevo, and a converted truggy. You run 4s in them all, and they all have castle 2200 setups, and are all geared for around the same speed/draw. So you "could" use the same lipo setup in all and it would be within the parameters of the lipo. Since you can configure these cells you can split them up and run 2 2s packs in the dual trays of the flux and erevo, and then make a single 4s pack to run in the truggy.

There, I found a use for them!!!!! Yay, and this is acutally a good idea if you have multiple trucks and you only want one lipo. This way you can get your use out of the lipo (and the 300 cycle warranty) as ytou could use it in all of your rcs.

Even if you had a 10th vehicle that you use 2s in you could wire the pack as a 2s2p (may have to make your own adapters) as long as it would fit, and get big runtime for bashing. The kicker is that you would want to use all 4 cells all the time to keep them at the same usage level.

I can think of a few setups that I currently have that I could use these cells with. If they are good enough, and I get a 50% discount... Price is still too high, IMO, but the idea is growing on me. Lack of a balance connector is a deal breaker, as I am sure a shizz not going to parallel charge lipo cells at 20amps... Maybe have a dedicated charge board/dealey that allows you to easily plug in all of the cells and has the balancer and main leads hard wired to it?

I can see some versatility here. I always just had specific packs for most of my vehicles, as I bought lipos used and really did not have a ton of money in them, nor really used each pack all that often. But for a user that has a few rcs and runs on the same voltage there could be merrit.

Since I have a bunch of loose fp cells I may give it a try designing my own setup that does this. Would be good for my boats, and in the few 4s vehicles I have. All my 6s stuff has the same tray and uses the same lipo.

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lincpimp Check out my huge box! Offline Posts: 11,935 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Slidell, LA	07.28.2010, 11:41 PM Since you should not mismatch cells of different usage (age or number of cycles) that pretty much cans this idea. After you see that you cannot have a pack that you can run as a 2s some time or a 3s sometime, or whatever you get back to the only benefit I can see: You could run 4 (or 6) of these cells in a few different vehicles that operate on the same voltage, but use either singe or dual battery trays. For example, you have a flux, erevo, and a converted truggy. You run 4s in them all, and they all have castle 2200 setups, and are all geared for around the same speed/draw. So you "could" use the same lipo setup in all and it would be within the parameters of the lipo. Since you can configure these cells you can split them up and run 2 2s packs in the dual trays of the flux and erevo, and then make a single 4s pack to run in the truggy. There, I found a use for them!!!!! Yay, and this is acutally a good idea if you have multiple trucks and you only want one lipo. This way you can get your use out of the lipo (and the 300 cycle warranty) as ytou could use it in all of your rcs. Even if you had a 10th vehicle that you use 2s in you could wire the pack as a 2s2p (may have to make your own adapters) as long as it would fit, and get big runtime for bashing. The kicker is that you would want to use all 4 cells all the time to keep them at the same usage level. I can think of a few setups that I currently have that I could use these cells with. If they are good enough, and I get a 50% discount... Price is still too high, IMO, but the idea is growing on me. Lack of a balance connector is a deal breaker, as I am sure a shizz not going to parallel charge lipo cells at 20amps... Maybe have a dedicated charge board/dealey that allows you to easily plug in all of the cells and has the balancer and main leads hard wired to it? I can see some versatility here. I always just had specific packs for most of my vehicles, as I bought lipos used and really did not have a ton of money in them, nor really used each pack all that often. But for a user that has a few rcs and runs on the same voltage there could be merrit. Since I have a bunch of loose fp cells I may give it a try designing my own setup that does this. Would be good for my boats, and in the few 4s vehicles I have. All my 6s stuff has the same tray and uses the same lipo. Alot of Savage parts for sale!!!