traxxas4908

I'm having some troubles with my ruster vxl, i've had it for about 4 months now and have had no problems with it, but lately i've been having some troubles charging it and the battery has somehow expanded and barely sqeezed in the battery compartment, and i've also had some loss in power, is this a sign of a bad battery, if so what are some good 7-8 cell batteries i could buy?

scarletboa

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what kind of battery are you using? if it is a lipo, chances are, you either ran it down too low, didn't balance it enough, or ran it too hard. you can check out hobbycity for some nice, cheap lipos that have decent quality. with a vxl, the minimum constant c rating should be 80a. the rustler is a light truck and a nice 5000mah 20c pack would do very nicely. i recommend a 2s because i've gone through 3 vxl escs on 3s. 2s is plenty of power anyway.

jrxsMike03

iTrader: (14)

sounds like its bad you can get a 2s 5000 40c for about $40 from hobbyking.com (hobby city)thats a sweet deal