what lipos are available with the teamcheckpoint charger?

[blueb8llz]

my friend wants to finally switch over his emaxx into a brushless monster. so he has a teamcheckpoint charger and now needs a balancer and lipos. he wanted me to ask the forum for help as he only knows of one route which is the balancer made by teamcheckpoint and the lipo by teamcheckpoint. so is that the only lipo he can choose from? if you guys can take a look at his balancer..heres the link, its a wierd setup. instead of the standard plastic balancer adapters, it uses bullet plugs. we re very confused please help. thanks!

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTSA5&P=ML
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTPJ4&P=ML

they appear to be just like Trakpower packs...if it is here is a link to the Trakpoer 2s packs they are made by Flightpower very good packs

packs........http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXRWF7&P=ML

balancer.....http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXRWF8&P=ML


I dont know tha qualityof the Team Checkpoint but I know the Trakpowers are top notch


mike has them too

http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...=AFT-T49002S1P

balancer....http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...-bal-trakpower

[blueb8llz]

so how do you plug those lipos up to your esc. his esc uses dean plugs. does he need to solder them plugs onto the lipos...where? those trackpower and teamcheckpoint lipos look very different compared to other lipos.

and is he only limited to those certain lipos...like can he use those zippy's or the ones by truerc?

to connect the lipos to his ESC he would need to connecta male 4mm banana plug onto a pig tail with a Deans male

or buy this I use the came setup to charge my lipos from a Hyperion 0610i

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXNCU4&P=ML

Originally Posted by blueb8llz

so how do you plug those lipos up to your esc. his esc uses dean plugs. does he need to solder them plugs onto the lipos...where? those trackpower and teamcheckpoint lipos look very different compared to other lipos.

and is he only limited to those certain lipos...like can he use those zippy's or the ones by truerc?

he could use the others as long as the output jacks on the charger are 4mm banana jacks the balancer would plug into those jacks and you can also buy balancer adapters too

the True Rc lipos take a hyperion type and the Zippys are XH

this link has a table to what adapters will fit what companies packs

http://www.allerc.com/product_info.p...oducts_id=3159

[blueb8llz]

yea his charger output are 4mm banana plugs. lemme get this straight. so he buys a teamcheckpoint balancer:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTSA5&P=ML
and then he buys an adapter according to the lipo he chooses to get. so the link you sent me those adapters will plug into the right side of the teamcheckpoint balancer? so all chargers uses the same lipo balancer harness but its just the lipo packs that has different plugs? if this is correct, does he charge the lipos after balancing or does that balancer charge at the same time. see thats whats confusing us. my hyperion 0606i charger has power leads and balancer so i can do both at the same time where as his charger uses one output for both the power and balancer.

Originally Posted by blueb8llz

yea his charger output are 4mm banana plugs. lemme get this straight. so he buys a teamcheckpoint balancer:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTSA5&P=ML
and then he buys an adapter according to the lipo he chooses to get. so the link you sent me those adapters will plug into the right side of the teamcheckpoint balancer? so all chargers uses the same lipo balancer harness but its just the lipo packs that has different plugs? if this is correct, does he charge the lipos after balancing or does that balancer charge at the same time. see thats whats confusing us. my hyperion 0606i charger has power leads and balancer so i can do both at the same time where as his charger uses one output for both the power and balancer.

in order to use those adapters he would need to buy a hyperion style balancer your builtin balancer in your your charger would work, but if your friend wants to buy the TCP balancer he could only use them on those packs, if he wants to be able to buy different styles of packs I would get the Hyperion LB10 balancer

http://www.impaktrc.com/product_info...oducts_id=1679

[skellyo]

He has this charger?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXPYT8&P=ML

If so, the Checkpoint balancer will plug right into it and a battery pack will plug directly into the balancer, nothing else needed. He'll only be able to charge 1 pack at a time like that though. I have a very similar setup, but use the Duratrax ICE charger and Trakpower V-Balancers:

[blueb8llz]

now thats what we're talking bout! thats exactly what we needed haha. now this makes more sense. just to double check: he buys that hyperion lb10 balancer, and that balancer charges and balances at the same time? and then he just buys the correct adapter depending on what lipos he decides. and the adapter plugs into the lb10 balancer.

[blueb8llz]

Originally Posted by skellyo

He has this charger?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXPYT8&P=ML

If so, the Checkpoint balancer will plug right into it and a battery pack will plug directly into the balancer, nothing else needed. He'll only be able to charge 1 pack at a time like that though. I have a very similar setup, but use the Duratrax ICE charger and Trakpower V-Balancers:

yea i understand how that works now. the tcp and trakpwer balancer only works for those lipos with them plugs. if he wants the other plugs he will need the lb10 balancer by hyperion. i love your gold bricks!

One thing to know, is that those CP batts are NOT TrakPowers, there not as good

Last I read they were flight powers worst cells in them, it may of changed, but id say go for TrakPowers!

[skellyo]

The Checkpoint batts are just the lower end 16C 5400mAh version of the Trakpowers. For the price, the 4900's are a much better battery IMO.

[blueb8llz]

ok thanks for the heads up. ill let my friend know. but i think hes sorta on a budget right now. a little while ago, he told me he was just going to purchase the lba10 balancer with the HP-LB10-HP balance adapter and some truerc lipos. just to be totally sure, the lba10 balances and charges at the same time correct?
heres the link to the balancer:
http://www.impaktrc.com/product_info...oducts_id=1679

Originally Posted by skellyo

The Checkpoint batts are just the lower end 16C 5400mAh version of the Trakpowers. For the price, the 4900's are a much better battery IMO.

25C 4900, vrs 5400 16C

you would easily have more runtime/power with the TrakPowers

[skellyo]

BOR: You can't just assume that everyone knows you mean 4900's when you say Trakpower these days. They have 7 different models of Trakpower packs now:

http://trakpower.com/index.asp?page=...s/products.asp