brushless or li-po

[Serum]

What brand of batteries are you currently using and what is it you want to do with your buggy/truck/truggie/1/10th/1/8th?

[jimbob]

just using some IB3600 atm, but they got real hot :013:
it will be going in my Twin Force..

with 22V i guess i will be seeing 40mph anyway with the lipos...

just wanna reach about 40-50mph but not be so heavy, its got CF chassis, and will be installing some better diffs in it soon..
it will be used for just generally bashing really, i wont be planning on racing it

[jhautz]

What brushed twin motor esc do you have that will take 22v? I dont know of one.

The thing about brushless is, its only as good as the batteries, so I would say get the good batteries, then go brushless when you can. Lipo will for sure boost the performance of your brushed setup... As long as you dont fry it with the voltage.

[jimbob]

Novak 828-HV

can take 28 sub-c cells so ~33V, it can take 22V easily, amp rationf of 500A and 1000A burst, Apparently :018:

ya my thinking was the same as yours, my batteries will just pull down the performance of the brushless system..
And the motors can take it easily, so i think i will be going with the lipo

with with lipo
you need batteries
charger
balancer
voltage cut off ???

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by jimbob

Novak 828-HV

can take 28 sub-c cells so ~33V, it can take 22V easily, amp rationf of 500A and 1000A burst, Apparently :018:

ya my thinking was the same as yours, my batteries will just pull down the performance of the brushless system..
And the motors can take it easily, so i think i will be going with the lipo

with with lipo
you need batteries
charger
balancer
voltage cut off ???

WOW Old school! I didn't think any still lived;) What are you running for motors?
I to would go with batteries in you're case, IB 3600 were a bit of a disappointment

[jimbob]

i managed to find one :018: was going for the tekin 420 but couldn't find it
gunna be running one or two 820 motors :024: i wanna run 700 motors, but my motor plate is made for 820 motors... as i think 700 motor would be better but we will see

ya those IB's just weren't as good as everyone raved about, amp draw wasn't there i felt

[lydiasdad]

I used to run a dewalt 820 on 18 cells through a tekin 420. It was a very powerful setup, that motor can draw some serious amps. I would go li-po first for sure. I switched to a 9xl on the same 18 cells and the power was basically the same. Your setup is only as good as your batteries.

Edit: Don't bother with other big brushed motors, 700's, 970's etc. The dewalt 820 is by far the best.