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Old 01-31-2012, 10:29 AM
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Hello all so.i am making the jump into life and i have a couple questions
1 are life batteries hard to.make
2 do you maintain them like lipo??
3. Am i better off just buying a premade cell and if so where can i get pqcks for cheep but good quality
What is the cutoff voltage and if im running a castle mamba monster or mamba max pro
Will i need to buy a cutoff module
4. Any other useful info
[/url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pcs-CR123A-123A-Rechargeable-Lithium-??
Battery-3v-[/B]amera-/200689103864?pt=US_Batteries&hash=item2eba00b3f8[/url] or is there a better cheeper sorce?? Thanks
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Old 01-31-2012, 01:05 PM
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I can't seem to get your link to work. But I don't think CR123A camera batteries are going to be of much use to power a Mamba. I'm not aware of any that are rated for even a 1 amp discharge, they have very high internal resistance compared to what is needed to power a typical RC.
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Old 01-31-2012, 05:24 PM
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Sorry abou that and where can i get some good a123 cells
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after use a123 2 years I sold and bought turnigy nanotech lipos ...... same lifecicle, cheaper, lower weight, smaller ...... all are advantages
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So in other words.stick.with lipo? And do you have a link to the page for the batteries
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I bought the a123 on ebay ........ and the nanotech in hobbycity ......
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Awsome thanks
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