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06.08.2009, 08:21 PM

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So wait, A123 is owned by Enerland, who we all know makes the best Lipo cells available to the public. Did A123 lease out the chemistry to whoever makes maxamps cells? Gotta figure now that GM is about to become Government Motors and the A123 powered Volt might never see production, licensing a chemistry out to someone else able to produce a more space efficient cell than their unpopular round batteries might not be such a bad idea. Lets not forget that MaxAmps doesn't really make anything except exaggerated claims and inflated price points, they buy the cells from the lowest bidder and market them.

Someone make a 5s or 6s pack, I want to see some hard data logging.
It's actually A123 that bought Enerland.
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06.08.2009, 08:22 PM

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Screw that crap, im not going to be their guinea pig.
Come on man, somebody has to try them out? Be the first of the RCM family to give it a try lol.
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06.08.2009, 08:24 PM

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Come on man, somebody has to try them out? Be the first of the RCM family to give it a try lol.
And then when they fail, puff, and burst into flames we will all wonder how maxamps was able to screw up such a perfect battery chemistry
   
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You cant use them in a R/C if they only support a 45A MAX discharge. Any vehicle small enough to run at less than that will be too small to hold the cells.

I was being scarcastic. They just have to over rate the cells by 600%...
   
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06.08.2009, 08:37 PM

Who here has an extremely MA style geared vehicle to try those awesome packs lol? Oh crap, how well will that pack do in my TC3 with my 1.5T and 200A esc that has brought my 2S 25C 5000mAh pack to bellow 1V? I guess I should start kissing MA butt talk (Forest Gump style) to get a free pack to test out lol.
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06.08.2009, 08:52 PM

Hmm...torn between what would be a very price Maxamps LiFe flat cell battery gamble, or something of equal or greater value at same or less cost.
   
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06.08.2009, 08:59 PM

I've broken open A123 cells before with no excitement. It's a very good stable chemistry. Just not well known.
I think I'll side with Freeze: someone else can do the testing, I'll put the money into my 1:1 truck payment sooner than buying something with a MA label on it. I'd look like a fool showing up at a race track with a nicely made RC8T and a MA pack sitting in it.
   
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06.08.2009, 09:02 PM

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I was being scarcastic. They just have to over rate the cells by 600%...
Damn it. I have a very hard time picking up sarcasm in type, because I'm usually so sarcastic myself that I typically assume noone else is....

You're correct, though. A 90C continuous rating would get you over 1000A out of that pack. Castle needs to hurry up with their UMMMM (ultra-mega mamba monster max) so there is an ESC to handle all of that POWAAHHHHH!!
   
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06.08.2009, 09:04 PM

Me no want thread to get closed - please no bash MA - Each to there own...
   
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sweet, its back
   
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06.14.2009, 12:38 PM

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sweet, its back
thas what i was going to say


i guess we have been good


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......maybe they want to be more like novak
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06.14.2009, 12:58 PM

So, has anyone gotten one yet? If so, do you have a Data Rcording device to show us all some nice data?
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my bad art1k didn't see you last post didn't mean to bring the thread back
   
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06.14.2009, 02:54 PM

I saw several in use this weekend. It was being used by a guy running in...Slash...which at our track is a stock class only so he wasn't really pushing anything. The guy seemed pretty happy with the performance but until they are using in something thirsty I don't know...
   
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06.14.2009, 05:20 PM

Observation:

$119 for a 4500mah 2s2p pack. I would need 3 of these (6s2p 4500mah total) = $360. Wouldnt be able to fit them in my truck (or any truck pretty much) without ripping them apart and making them into 2x 3s2p packs.

A pair of 5s 4000mah 25-35c Zippies cost me $200.

I sincerely hope these Life appear in different configurations and from other companies, at a much better price point in the near future.
   
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