Some Neat new 1/8th conversions from Ne09

[Getter Robo]

The shock towers on the ishima aren't the stock ones, are they?!

[Dafni]

Nice stuff.

Don't like those narrow bodies tho.

[Nek]

Originally Posted by rootar

jnev i thought mike was being somewhat sarcastic in that post....maybe not i dunno, mike sells the lightest battery you can run in an 1/8th buggy for 10 minutes racing.....its a 6s 2500 pack and in josh's mp9 with a 1512 3.5d it is GREAT runs for right at 12 minutes doesnt get hot, has all the punch in the world, and isnt carrying around any wasted energy..... its the perfect setup, and josh's mp9 doesnt even make legal weight, its unders 7 pounds, he would have to add weight like a 1/10th scale 2wd lipo setup.

Do you stop running it at 12 minutes or does the low voltage cutoff kicks in at 12 minutes?

From what you are saying Mike's 2500 (weird it says 2600 on the site now and I am sure I always saw 2500!! ) can take the amp draw of a 1/8th system. Now I was wondering if I could pull off a 10 minute run on a smallish track using the 5S 2500(2600?) pack on a 1900kv engine in a rather light buggy like the mp9 or 808.

The 5S packs come in at 314g (380g for the 6S). This is close to the motor weight alone! Finned Neu 1512 is 290g and Tekin's T8 4030 is 341g. Using that 5S could make balancing the buggy even easier right?

[Semi Pro]

im loveing the D8 E, i really dig the narrow buggy look

[Modding_out]

whats up with the D8? from the looks of it that motor mount is gona suck

[rootar]

Originally Posted by Nek

Do you stop running it at 12 minutes or does the low voltage cutoff kicks in at 12 minutes?

From what you are saying Mike's 2500 (weird it says 2600 on the site now and I am sure I always saw 2500!! ) can take the amp draw of a 1/8th system. Now I was wondering if I could pull off a 10 minute run on a smallish track using the 5S 2500(2600?) pack on a 1900kv engine in a rather light buggy like the mp9 or 808.

The 5S packs come in at 314g (380g for the 6S). This is close to the motor weight alone! Finned Neu 1512 is 290g and Tekin's T8 4030 is 341g. Using that 5S could make balancing the buggy even easier right?

from our simple math of power consumption per minute in watts compared to the total watts of power the lipos contain we opted for the 6s because our math put us at 9-10 minutes on the 5s while the 6s put us at 11.5-12.5 and yes itll hit the cutoff right after 12mins the 5s would be cutting it extremely close and wouldnt garuntee the runtime needed, while the 6s leaves a perfect amount of room of "saftey". its the same size as a 3s5000 pack and with a 1700kv or lower the power-to-runtime-to-temperature setup is dead on.

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by rootar

from our simple math of power consumption per minute in watts compared to the total watts of power the lipos contain we opted for the 6s because our math put us at 9-10 minutes on the 5s while the 6s put us at 11.5-12.5 and yes itll hit the cutoff right after 12mins the 5s would be cutting it extremely close and wouldnt garuntee the runtime needed, while the 6s leaves a perfect amount of room of "saftey". its the same size as a 3s5000 pack and with a 1700kv or lower the power-to-runtime-to-temperature setup is dead on.

Some nice buggies. I prefer the standard mike setup though. It seems simpler and simple is best in RC. I'm going to be running 6s 3000mah packs in my buggy as I already have them for my trex 500. I'm glad to here this is a setup that can work well. Just waiting for the tekin motor and esc as I want to try something different.

[Nek]

Originally Posted by rootar

from our simple math of power consumption per minute in watts compared to the total watts of power the lipos contain we opted for the 6s because our math put us at 9-10 minutes on the 5s while the 6s put us at 11.5-12.5 and yes itll hit the cutoff right after 12mins the 5s would be cutting it extremely close and wouldnt garuntee the runtime needed, while the 6s leaves a perfect amount of room of "saftey". its the same size as a 3s5000 pack and with a 1700kv or lower the power-to-runtime-to-temperature setup is dead on.

Thanks for the info!

I ordered a couple 5S Neu packs from flydna at a killer price so I planned my system to run on those and ordered a 1900kv system. When it is back in stock I'll probably order one of mike's 5S 2500 and give it a shot. Saw some nice 5S 25C 3300 over at rclipos.com and they only weight about 50g more than RCM 6S 2500. Could be a good buy for my setup :)