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Old 01-05-2010, 01:58 PM
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I know is an electric question on a Nitro thread..but it has to do with reciever packs so here go's. Can you charge a LiPo reciever pack thru a 6v regulator??
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i did it once on accident and the regulator cought on fire.... really.
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Hmm nuff said..you goin to Ft. lauderdale this weekend?
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nope, maybe ap in 2 weeks
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Originally Posted by j_blaze14
i did it once on accident and the regulator cought on fire.... really.


whoops....
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i did it once on accident and the regulator cought on fire.... really.
Does this look familiar?
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no, i had it out on the bench and right after the battery check it went pftizz and burnt the towel a bit with a black puff of smoke.
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Originally Posted by Cory Kerber
Does this look familiar?

Ouch..that sucks.
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He only lost a lipo.......... and maybe his pride.
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Originally Posted by Cory Kerber
Does this look familiar?
Ouch. I've seen that once after a nasty crash. The impact broke the posts off of the speed control, which then shorted and POOOOF!

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He only lost a lipo.......... and maybe his pride.
and that my fellow racers would be in all literal sense of the word a serious FLAMEOUT!!!! sorry , couldnt resist


just goes to show ya even an E buggy can flameout
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and that my fellow racers would be in all literal sense of the word a serious FLAMEOUT!!!! sorry , couldnt resist


just goes to show ya even an E buggy can flameout



now that's funny right there.
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