Calculating runtimes

[Nick]

Is there a way of calculating the run times by voltage/capacity of batteries and RPM of the motor with weight?

I'm sure nearly everything effects it but wondering if there is any rough calculation to knowing.

[maxxdude1234]

There are soooo many factors that affect runtime, that to be honest, a good guess would be as accurate as any calculation. The main thing that affects runtime is driving style, and theres no real way of integrating this into a calculation, seeing as everyone drives in a different style.

[Serum]

Amen maxxdude..

just do a testrun, it saves you a few days of calculating.

[maxxdude1234]

Originally Posted by Serum

just do a testrun, it saves you a few days of calculating.

Also, once you've got a rough idea of the runtime you get with your system, if you change to different capacity batteries you should be able to get a fairly accurate idea of runtimes. ie, If you got 15 minutes with 3000mah packs, you should get 30 minutes with 6000mah packs.

how much runtime/speed do you think i'll get?:

10xl
22.2 volts
8000mah
12lb truck
15020 warrior

any guess is fine.

[maxxdude1234]

I would guess someone around 45-60minutes. Very long in other words.

[Nick]

The idea was to know before I BUY new batteries. :P

[maxxdude1234]

I'm sure if you tell us your set-up we could give a rough estimate of runtime.

[coolhandcountry]

Originally Posted by Superemaxx89

how much runtime/speed do you think i'll get?:

10xl
22.2 volts
8000mah
12lb truck
15020 warrior

any guess is fine.

I would say about an hour or more. I got 25-30 min on a 9xl with gp 3700.

[Sylvester]

How about somthing like this:

10L
14.8V
6000mah
9.5lb truck
9920

[maxxdude1234]

About 40 minutes I would guess

How about this...
540C-9L
Genesis Truck esc
12 Matched GP3300 cells
1/8th Jammin X1-CR buggy
Thanks alot!

[squeeforever]

i would guess around 12-15 minutes depending on how you drive it.

Thanks, I will probably upgrade to IB4200's. Should boost the runtime up to about 17-19 minutes? That would be awesome...Thanks again.

[squeeforever]

yea, somewhere around there. 15 minutes should be pretty easy.