Couple of battery questions?

[magman]

First 3s in a truggy is not enough unless combining them for 6s. I always balance my li-pos when charging...just for piece of mind. Your pack can be charged at 6.5amps...so when setting your charger, see how many amps. are at normal/fast.

You say that it is uncontrollable on 4s? What motor are you running? In my mbx-5T I am running 5s w/the ccneu 2200kv set up and it is very fast. My punch control is set at 50-60 I believe. It will still wheelie w/a 1/2 pull of the trigger. What I do is set the epa for my throttle on my radio to 75-80% and I get really long run times.

Originally Posted by magman

First 3s in a truggy is not enough unless combining them for 6s. I always balance my li-pos when charging...just for piece of mind. Your pack can be charged at 6.5amps...so when setting your charger, see how many amps. are at normal/fast.

You say that it is uncontrollable on 4s? What motor are you running? In my mbx-5T I am running 5s w/the ccneu 2200kv set up and it is very fast. My punch control is set at 50-60 I believe. It will still wheelie w/a 1/2 pull of the trigger. What I do is set the epa for my throttle on my radio to 75-80% and I get really long run times.

Appreciate the advice, I'm running the 8T with the MMM / 2200 combo. Never thought to drop the EPA on the TX, might give that a go!

Sounds prudent to use balance charging at all times and certainly when I'm at home then I balance charge at 6.5amp if I'm in no hurry. My pack can be charged up to 5C but my power supply at home is only 10amp/12 burst and so I stick to 6.5, or 8amp if I'm in a hurry!!

I was really thinking of when out in the field, using the charger with a car/leisure battery to get a quick charge to get going again. Was thinking of using a balance charge at 2C to get a quicker recharge time, but the option is there to go higher of course, maybe 3C? Also the fast charge function on the charger too....