Maxamps and Neuenergy lipo testing

[VintageMA]

Well.... here's my very techincal prrof of concept on MaxAmps vs. Neu cells.

I've been running a 4S 5000mAh MaxAmps in my XB8EC and got a 5S 3900mAh Neu pack in preparation for the MMM.

Though I would try out the 5S pack in the MM to see how it would work or i I would send the MM up in smoke. Needless to say it works fine and temp were no higher than 130* (w/ ccbec, fan and no extra caps).

I had lowered the gearing on the XB8 from 17/48 to 15/48 in preparation for the new pack and with the Maxamps 4S 5Ah pack I was getting about 10 minutes before the pack would dump (pack less than 3 months and 10 cycles).

I ran it today with the Neu pack and WOW unbelievable. I ran the car VERY HARD for 15 minutes and the pack hadn't even dumped yet. First time I ever saw a 1/8 buggy pull a full wheelie .

Anyway - you would think with same gearing a buggy on 5S would pull more Amps and last last time with a lower rated pack than on 4S, but the 5S pack only pulled 3.355Ah during the run and took 3470mA back in the charge.
This is compared to the MaxAmps 5K pack dumping around ~3.5Ah in a run and taking back over 4 during charge.

Needless to say - MaxAmps are going up on e-bay after this experience.