Holy Cow! New Trakpower Packs!

[skellyo]

New products include:

2S 3200mAh 20C Pack
2S 4800mAh 20C Saddle Pack
2S 4900mAh 25C Pack (upgrade from the original 20C)
2S 5400mAh 25C Pack
3S 5400mAh 20C Pack for VXL Vehicles

All of these are hard cases like the original 4900mAh pack. Check em out:

http://www.trakpower.com/

Oh, and I just read....2C charging with use of the V-Balancer!

[t-maxxracer32]

does that mean that with all balancers we can charge at 2c? or does the vbalancer do something special?

[skellyo]

For $50, I think it would be worth it to have a V-Balancer if you have any of these packs just to be able to charge at 2C.

Any Flightpower pack can be charge up to 2.5C with a balancer. I have the Hyperion 0610i charger with integrated balancer and i can charge my FP 5000mAh, 4s to 2C without any problem.

[BrianG]

As far as I can tell, the V balancer looks A LOT like the LBA10. They just want to make sure that the cells are in balance if charging at that kind of rate.

The new saddle pack looks amazing! The only thing holding me back from getting a BJ4 WE or a B44 was that Trakpower didn't make a 2s saddle pack. Now I might just have to consider one of these buggies.

[skellyo]

I just got off the phone with someone at FlightpowerUSA. Apparently, these packs are debuting at the Nuremberg Toy Fair and should be available soon. FlightpowerUSA has a rather large order they are placing to get these new packs in stock to ship out to all the US distributors. I was told to call back next Monday and speak with a specific person there to find out what online retailers will likely have these ordered and in stock soon.

Also, they have some of the packs in their hands at FlightpowerUSA and bought some Traxxas VXL vehicles specifically to test them out (3S 5400mAh specifically, I'd imagine). If I find out any other information on Monday, I'll reply with what I find out.

[rhylsadar]

awesome news!

AWESOME!!!!!!!

Thats so cool! A 3s hard cased TrakPower!!! Thats just way to cool!

[lincpimp]

I am so excited that I just wet myself.

Just kidding, nice to see more choice in dedicated car packs. I really like my older trakpower lipos. The offer much better performance than a similar maxamps pack.

[VintageMA]

Just keep in mind that even though they say that the packs can charge at 2S, their literature on the original 4900mAh 2S packs said that this would greatly reduce the number of useable lifecycles of the pack too.

Still better to charge at 1S if you want the pack to last a long time and can wait the extra 30 minutes.

[mkrusedc]

Originally Posted by skellyo

New products include:



2S 5400mAh 25C Pack


Oh, and I just read....2C charging with use of the V-Balancer!

I have a birthday coming!!!!!!!

[jhautz]

When do the 4s and 5s hard case trackpowers come out?

Originally Posted by jhautz

When do the 4s and 5s hard case trackpowers come out?

Dont forget 6s

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by BlackedOutREVO

Dont forget 6s

Simple...just set up the vehicle with dual trays and put two of the 3S 5400's in series.