I need to take the plunge to lipo

[highflier]

The A123's sit right between liipo and NMHI. Weight and price IMHO. They have a huge advantage of durability and fast charging. So for bashing they get my vote. No reason at all to stay NMHI.

If you are racing LIPO's are the way to go for weight reasons.

I run a E-maxx on 6s1p A123 packs. It moves quite nicely. Effectively the packs cost me 60.00 a piece.

Highflier

[JOEX]

Originally Posted by highflier

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I run a E-maxx on 6s1p A123 packs. It moves quite nicely. Effectively the packs cost me 60.00 a piece.

Highflier

How much run time do you get with one pack?

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by highflier

I run a E-maxx on 6s1p A123 packs. It moves quite nicely. Effectively the packs cost me 60.00 a piece.

No doubt, you must make your own packs to get them at that price. I'm not all that fond of soldering, mostly because I've messed up so many electronics with my haphazard approach (if a little heat is good...more must be better!!)

So I've seen a recommendation for 5S2P, and 6S1P...if my math is correct, the HV has a limit of 16.8V, which means I should stick with the 5S, and I would likely want to run a 2P setup giving me 16.5V, 4600mah, right? But what about their limit of 4S for lipo - does that stand for A123's also?

Where is the best place to purchase premade packs? I seem to remember MaxAmps carrying them, but I'm sure there are places that sell them cheaper.
On edit....well those arent much cheaper....Maxamps has A123 5S1P for $145.....maybe I'd better look into making my own!