rustler vxl battery
09-10-2009, 05:15 PM
#1
rustler vxl battery
Hey guys I have a rustler vxl and recently 2 of my lipo batteries died so now I need some new ones. I was thinking about getting 2 8.4v 4000-5000 mah NiMh. Is that a good choice? I only do off road so i dont need a 3s lipo. what is the best possible battery for my needs?
09-10-2009, 06:04 PM
#2
If you want Nimh you will be very disappointed after using lipo. You can get 2 good 2s hardcase lipos for the price of one good nimh pack anyways. If you really want Nimh I cant give much advice, I have not used them in awhile.
09-10-2009, 06:37 PM
#4
Hey guys I have a rustler vxl and recently 2 of my lipo batteries died so now I need some new ones. I was thinking about getting 2 8.4v 4000-5000 mah NiMh. Is that a good choice? I only do off road so i dont need a 3s lipo. what is the best possible battery for my needs?
09-10-2009, 07:29 PM
#5
Well when you say over a year, how often do you run the truck? I run mine every single day anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours each day. I have a duratrax 2s lipo that I got in December of 2008 and it recently died on me and It was a $120 battery that it just wasted. So I was thinking about going NiMh. Much cheaper, cooler running sometimes, and still has great power.
09-10-2009, 08:33 PM
#6
Well when you say over a year, how often do you run the truck? I run mine every single day anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours each day. I have a duratrax 2s lipo that I got in December of 2008 and it recently died on me and It was a $120 battery that it just wasted. So I was thinking about going NiMh. Much cheaper, cooler running sometimes, and still has great power.
09-10-2009, 08:36 PM
#7
I dont know much about the Duratrax Lipos, but I know the SMCs have been puffing up all over the forums. I cant see spending that kind of money for a good return policy. Nimh will never run cooler than a comparible Lipo, and if you look around you will see that many people have good luck with Zippy Lipos, including myself. You can get 2 for the price of 1 good NImh pack.
Hardcased, durable, and way more powerful than a comparible Nimh pack....what else do you need? I have a few that I have run almost daily for over 6 months, I paid under $70 for 2 shipped to my door. My last Nimh packs were matched 4200s, I paid $65 each for them and they didnt have nearly the same power, runtime, or life cycles as I have already put on these, and they were always HOT(160+F) after hard runs. My Zippy 2s has not seen over 110F after longer runtimes and higher speeds. I dont mean to start the whole debate on your thread about what battery is best, but I have had lots of expensive batteries and a few cheapos too, in several RCs from 1/18th to 1/8th. I will never buy anything but Zippy unless they have a major drop in quality at some point, its just a waste of money. Whatever you choose Im sure you will have fun, I just think going from Lipo to Nimh will be a major step in the wrong direction.
Hardcased, durable, and way more powerful than a comparible Nimh pack....what else do you need? I have a few that I have run almost daily for over 6 months, I paid under $70 for 2 shipped to my door. My last Nimh packs were matched 4200s, I paid $65 each for them and they didnt have nearly the same power, runtime, or life cycles as I have already put on these, and they were always HOT(160+F) after hard runs. My Zippy 2s has not seen over 110F after longer runtimes and higher speeds. I dont mean to start the whole debate on your thread about what battery is best, but I have had lots of expensive batteries and a few cheapos too, in several RCs from 1/18th to 1/8th. I will never buy anything but Zippy unless they have a major drop in quality at some point, its just a waste of money. Whatever you choose Im sure you will have fun, I just think going from Lipo to Nimh will be a major step in the wrong direction.
09-10-2009, 09:55 PM
#8
I dont know much about the Duratrax Lipos, but I know the SMCs have been puffing up all over the forums. I cant see spending that kind of money for a good return policy. Nimh will never run cooler than a comparible Lipo, and if you look around you will see that many people have good luck with Zippy Lipos, including myself. You can get 2 for the price of 1 good NImh pack.
Hardcased, durable, and way more powerful than a comparible Nimh pack....what else do you need? I have a few that I have run almost daily for over 6 months, I paid under $70 for 2 shipped to my door. My last Nimh packs were matched 4200s, I paid $65 each for them and they didnt have nearly the same power, runtime, or life cycles as I have already put on these, and they were always HOT(160+F) after hard runs. My Zippy 2s has not seen over 110F after longer runtimes and higher speeds. I dont mean to start the whole debate on your thread about what battery is best, but I have had lots of expensive batteries and a few cheapos too, in several RCs from 1/18th to 1/8th. I will never buy anything but Zippy unless they have a major drop in quality at some point, its just a waste of money. Whatever you choose Im sure you will have fun, I just think going from Lipo to Nimh will be a major step in the wrong direction.
Hardcased, durable, and way more powerful than a comparible Nimh pack....what else do you need? I have a few that I have run almost daily for over 6 months, I paid under $70 for 2 shipped to my door. My last Nimh packs were matched 4200s, I paid $65 each for them and they didnt have nearly the same power, runtime, or life cycles as I have already put on these, and they were always HOT(160+F) after hard runs. My Zippy 2s has not seen over 110F after longer runtimes and higher speeds. I dont mean to start the whole debate on your thread about what battery is best, but I have had lots of expensive batteries and a few cheapos too, in several RCs from 1/18th to 1/8th. I will never buy anything but Zippy unless they have a major drop in quality at some point, its just a waste of money. Whatever you choose Im sure you will have fun, I just think going from Lipo to Nimh will be a major step in the wrong direction.
09-10-2009, 10:29 PM
#9
I have a rustler that started out as xl5 and now I have a mamba max esc a medusa 4800kv motor gears 35/76 with a Turnigy 3000mah 3s 11.1 and my presoanl best speed yet is 75mph clocked with radar gun and gps. turnigy are great for the price had a solder breaking problem out of it but i cut top open and fixed that with some fresh solder no problem since. not bad for a 30 dollar batt.
09-11-2009, 12:01 PM
#10
There are so many ppl running smc now that of course you will hear of some failures. I have 2 40c 2s that were out in the heat of my jeep and swelled alittle, no biggie to me.
If 10x more ppl use them, you'll hear more bad things. I love smc and theres nothing wrong with them or their customer service
you can get their 6000mah 2s 28c for 75$
I ran 2 of them in a erbe and they were great.
All offroad or not, go lipo. Forget nihm
If 10x more ppl use them, you'll hear more bad things. I love smc and theres nothing wrong with them or their customer service
you can get their 6000mah 2s 28c for 75$
I ran 2 of them in a erbe and they were great.
All offroad or not, go lipo. Forget nihm
09-11-2009, 12:43 PM
#11
Thank you to everyone and I see where you are coming from cbhvr6 but you can get a 9.6v NiMh to be as fast, or maybe slightly faster than a 2s lipo. and still cheaper.
09-11-2009, 03:29 PM
#14