David Maffucci Review of Maxamps MV Packs

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Dear MaxAmps.com,

Just wanted to drop you a note about how pleased I was with the performance of the new MV5250 LiPo battery pack. I was racing at my local track during one of our points series races recently and a representative from MaxAmps.com showed up with a slew of the new MV5250 cells in a variety of configurations. He was letting us racers try them in our own vehicles under real race conditions to see how they compare to what we are used to running. Since I run Electric 1/8th buggy and truggy I figured it would be a perfect test of the packs. I quickly and easily assembled the MV cells into a 4S configuration. I was very impressed with the cells themselves as well as the connectors, gauge of the wires and soldering of the battery connector. Once assembled they were a perfect fit into the stock battery tray on my Losi 8e 2.0 buggy and Losi 8Te 2.0 truggy. There were no clearance issues with the buggy body, something which has been an issue on some other higher capacity packs. When assembled in the 4S configuration, they were really no bigger or heavier than other packs of similar capacity that I run. Matter of fact, they felt very compact and light for a 5250mah capacity pack. I strapped them in and headed out for a qualifying race.

As great as the packs looked and felt what really makes a pack special is the performance. Our qualifying races are only 6 minutes long so I knew I had plenty of capacity. I headed out and ran as many warm up laps as I could before the racing began. No matter where I was on the track, I had the power to clear every jump, roost out of every corner and scream down the front straight. I ended up TQ'ing buggy with the MV packs. The main race was when I really pushed the MV5250's to their limits. We run a 12 minute A-Main but I was confident in the MV5250's so I took a few warm up laps and lined up for the start. At the tone the power was everything I expected. As the clock ticked down, during those last few minutes, with some packs I have trouble clearing the big triple on our track but powered by the MV5250, my Losi 8e 2.0 had no trouble clearing that jump from the first lap to the last. I'm happy to say that I sailed to a win in buggy with the MV packs providing the juice, finished a close 2nd in truggy too.

After the races I was able to watch the MaxAmps.com rep balance and then charge the packs. It was simple, effortless and foolproof. Seeing the same cells used in different configurations for different vehicles really made a lot of sense. With one purchase you could run 2S in your Short Course, 3S in your 4x4 Unlimited SC and 4S in your electric 1/8th buggy or truly. I was very impressed by the quality of the build, the ease of assembly and of course the best part, how well they worked out on the track under real race conditions. Keep up the great work and thanks for continuing to offer solutions to make RC better!

David Maffucci