BigSquid 4S LiPo Shootout

[hoober]

I'm not sure the unfair was intentional. I'd bet that it wasn't even on their radar. They have no reason to be biased toward any pack do they?

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by hoober

I'm not sure the unfair was intentional. I'd bet that it wasn't even on their radar. They have no reason to be biased toward any pack do they?

More like biased against- they singled out the Turnigy pack in the discharge/ voltage under load test and said it performed poorly compared to the other lipos; hardly frickin' surpizing given that it was only a 4500mah 40c pack against a 5300mah 65c Thunderpower, and all the other packs were 5000 or more; little wonder it had the shortest run/ discharge time. Saddly though it does appear very much like they didnt realise the test would be completely unfair, they just didnt account at all for the very differing specs of the packs and put them all in the same results table- very amature really. The reason it annoys me so much is because they are posting these results to try and help kids and newbs/ noobs make purchasing decisions; worse than maxamps posting inflated specs almost..

*derp derp* bigsquid r/c; blind leading the blind.. *derp derp*

[thzero]

You've got completely overboard. I am positive no one singled any packs out for any reason.

And actually its not worse than MaxAmps, not even close. Its far better than MaxAmps because AT LEAST THEY ARE TRYING. Think you can do better testing with better methodology? Then do it. Don't like their methodology? Then start a civil discussion, not a bunch of name calling. Geesh.

Originally Posted by hoober

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Good summary. And even a civil one. :)

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by thzero

You've got completely overboard. I am positive no one singled any packs out for any reason.

And actually its not worse than MaxAmps, not even close. Its far better than MaxAmps because AT LEAST THEY ARE TRYING. Think you can do better testing with better methodology? Then do it. Don't like their methodology? Then start a civil discussion, not a bunch of name calling. Geesh.

Actually i do think they are biased against Turnigy. There are 2 most talked about lipo manufacturers and they are Turnigy and Maxamps. Maxamps is a sponsor on their site, which is why they have never tested a maxamps pack. In the test they even said some smart ass comment about the "cheap turnigy packs"

Turnigy 4S 4500- Anyone that says “Turnigy packs are every bit as good, and cost 1/3 the price!” hasn’t looked at the numbers. The Turnigy did not put out the voltage of the other batteries in this test. The lack of voltage will show itself as less speed when drag racing your neighbor and while trying to clear the big triple at your local track. Temp at the end of test was 89F, it put out 4495 mah, in 541 seconds (barely over 9 minutes).

Just the way they are talking about the Turnigy packs you can kinda tell they are biased against them.

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

Actually i do think they are biased against Turnigy. There are 2 most talked about lipo manufacturers and they are Turnigy and Maxamps. Maxamps is a sponsor on their site, which is why they have never tested a maxamps pack. In the test they even said some smart ass comment about the "cheap turnigy packs"

Just the way they are talking about the Turnigy packs you can kinda tell they are biased against them.

That's exactly the impression I got too.