Originally Posted by
Dasmopar
I was trying to set the 1/12th scale car up for lipo this week and ran into a problem. It's a LRP Sphere, a novak 13.5 motor, SMC single cell lipo, a 300mah 2 cell rec. pack. I plugged both batteries in and turned the switch on and the speeder started to smoke. Unplugged everything before it really smoked. double checked everythign and tried it again with the same results. Any ideas?
I assume that a 2cell lipo pack? You need a reg on there so you only put 5 or 6v to the system instead of the 8v your putting in with out it. That would be why it smoked.
I run the same stuff in mine. Started with a 5cell rx pack (6v) and then down to a 4 cell (4.8v). Now I have a booster. Leave the speedo off and just turn on the rx pack or if you use a booster then turn the speedo on.
DK