CRT.5 - My first conversion

[Jon]

Greetings all... I am happy to have found this home of nitro to brushless conversions. I have recently returned to RC after a little layoff (work, family, other hobbies, etc.) Anyway, I am back. I used to run electric 1/10 scale back in the day and have a NOVAK SS5800 still almost brand new (10 runs). I have picked up the CRT.5 and am anticipating Mike's conversion.... waiting is not fun. I want to run the NOVAK for a while until I decide what to get next.... (more power in the future). For batts, I have a couple options in my existing stuff. 3300 6 cell racing packs (still good). (2) 2S lipo 1320 Thunderpower cells (12C cont., 17 max) from my planes, (2) 3S lipo 1320 Thunderpower cells (12C cont., 17 max) again from my planes. I have the Great Planes PolyCharge4 charger, max charge rate 3 amps (nice for my planes, should have bought the ICE).

Now... my first of a series of questions to the mass knowledge base:
Batteries... should I stick with the 3300 cells for now, can I use the 2S cell lipo 1320 Thunderpower cells wired in parallel (with an adapter) with the NOVAK SS5800? Another option I found a sale on Polyquest cells 2S 3600mah cells (12C) for $28.95 each or Polyquest cells 2S 4000mah cells (10C) for $29.95 each. I am leaning toward Maxamps.com for my good packs but the Polyquest deal seems really good.... I am confident with the seller. Qtys are limited so I want to order the Polyquests if you think I should at that price.... I could always parallel them later to power my next project (Jammin buggy, currently nitro (Booooooo! :020: ).

Fundage is not great at the moment.... wife is watching me pretty close. I can swing the polyquest batts because "They were on sale.... ", afterall what is good for the goose is good for me! :005:

What do you all think???? Am I nuts with my plans to run what I have (Novak) and what should I do for batts?

I will be posting pictures as soon as I have something interesting to post... a nude CRT.5 is pretty boring... don't want to waste the bandwidth.

Thanks!
Jon (nice user name, :002: very original)