Racing battery choices

[zeropointbug]

I'll get the Tekno unit then. Hey Jhautz, do you have any Eagletree graphs on those 45C packs? The mains at my track are 30 mins, not 25. Yeah, I used to use 6s 4200 G3 pack for ~20 mins, then swap out for a 6s 3800 25C Enerland Hyperion pack. wow, you must trash the throttle if you are getting the runtime on that much pack. I can get dang near 15 mins runtime on a 7s1p A123 pack at the track.

[jhautz]

No. No eagle tree. I have one but, I gave up on worrying about the details like that. I havent even touched it in years. As long as the pack delivers the punch and doesnt puff when I beat on it its a good pack to me.

As far as run time.... It depends on the track really. If its a tight track where you are picking through alot of technical stuff and you cant really lean on it then I get more run time, but if the traction is up and the track has room to let it run then I can blast through the mah. Same as anyone. The tracks around here tend to be on the large side so they do require some juice.

[zeropointbug]

Yeah, that's probably why I have had higher runtime than you guys, our track has only 1 long straight, the rest is very technical and doesn't require much energy to keep the truck rolling on a steady pace.

[Kcaz25]

very nice!!

[zeropointbug]

Thanks guys.

Does anyone know how to prevent the pillow balls from pulling out, I bought the Tekno hubs, but they don't prevent this particular problem. I was thinking two big 2.5mm set screws?

I recall there being a solution to this, but I can't remember who or where to find it.

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use the little pillow ball reinforcement rings that you get with traxxas knuckles

[zeropointbug]

No I mean the threaded end pulling or back there way out of the A-arm. the Tekno hubs are A+ man, these things are indestructible in my eyes.

[Kcaz25]

Metal arms.

[zeropointbug]

Well the only arms I would put on it would be the titanium flex-tek a-arms, but I hear they bent the hinge pins because of flexing.

[Kcaz25]

Doesn't hcr make some billet for that. Or New Era?

[zeropointbug]

Kcaz25, what do you mean by billet? Do you mean billet arms? Or some sort of mod for the plastic arms?

[zeropointbug]

Here are some pics of the franken-revo, I couldn't believe how much of a difference the sway bar kit made and the light weight lipo packs. Lowered my lap times by 2 seconds from last year, can't wait to see what a truggy diffs all around will do.

[Kcaz25]

No yeah, I mean 6061 t6 billet arms. That revo looks great!

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by Kcaz25

No yeah

what?

[Kcaz25]

Maybe I should have said, yeah. no. He did ask two questions.