Ok cool. I was just curious about the warranty on fresh packs like if they arrive puffed or won't balance properly on first charge. Things like that. Sounds like pretty positive results at a affordable price.

Hey John, there are a few of us that have been running these packs at TRCR. There have been no complaints, these are legitimate packs from a company that has been around for quite a while.

Friend shipped these to me in Taiwan they weight are almost the same as my Turnigy A spec 6200mah Nano packs..no need to adjust the spring preload between both batteries which is a good thing. Just tested the batteries today and they are very nice. I run 4.0T motor with turbo and boost turned up.

We test every single pack before it ships to make sure it's in balance and has the proper IR on each cell. It's very unlikely you would get a pack with an issue. Once in awhile a pack may have an issue after a few runs and we do take care of these issues if it's a defect.

If the pack has swelled and all cells have swelled this isn't a defect this is the way the pack was used or misused. If one of the cells swells and the others are fine this is a defect with that cell and we do take care of that.

Swelling should not be confused with expansion. All Lithium cells expand under use. Since we are limited by the ROAR case size the factories are making maximum size cells to try and get the mAh and IR to be as good as possible. This means when the cells get used they will expand and push against the case and distort the case. This is normal and the only way we could keep this from happening would be to use smaller cells and leave a gap inside the case for expansion but this would sacrifice performance.

Hey Danny,
Just a quick question, is there any performance lost when using the 3s packs with 10awg wires, but the wire on your esc is 12awg?

Love my 7200's My SCTE really hauls with these.

No you actually have a bit better performance as the resistance on the pack is a bit lower due to the 10AWG. If you want you could put 10AWG on your ESC but that can be hard to do with some ESCs.

Size of wire and wire length has an impact on resistance. Keep your wires as short as possible and still have them connect without to much stress and you will have lower resistance.

Many seem to want to buy the best packs but don't pay attention to good connectors and wire length. These have an impact on performance.

Yeah, I was just wondering if I need to upgrade my wires on the RX8 to 10awg.

If your wires are short you won't notice any difference. Also all of this is just based on resistance and theory and in real world use will you notice a difference I'm not sure about that.

Go to the SMC Facebook page and look in the pictures section and you will see a test I did on a cell with moving the voltage sensing leads of my discharger at different points on the wire to show the impact on the results.

Any word on the new motors???

Waiting on the first shipment to come in hope to have them by the middle of July.

You can check them out on our Facebook page or on this thread.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ss-motors.html

Thanks for the quick response to my service question.

As for the quality of the packs, these things rock. I've been running a pair in my Tekno SCT410 with 5200 4pole for a while and no issues. I ordered another pair for my new truck, which has the 4700 Hobbywing in it. Both run RX8 (and the new on RX8 Gen2) ESCs.

I've also got the saddle pack in my 6.5 Kyosho ZX5 and the shorty in my TC, all with great results (well, ok, the TC doesn't have great results, but that's 'cause I suck at driving it).

Lastly, I also have the 6500 4s in my Tekno EB48 (T8 1900, RX8) and have had no issues with it either, and we run 10 or 12 minute mains (and I've occasionally done a 15 min club race main with the nitros).

Definitely good stuff.

Off lipo topic but I think the best advice I've received for onroad was over a decade ago from a pro that suggested pulling just enough throttle out of a turn into the next to get the right amount of entrance speed to clip the next corner correct. Pulling more acceleration than needed makes you brake too hard into the next throwing off your flow and forcing too much brake for a fast lap.

You know that, but remind yourself next time your turning laps. Easy to do off the straight, but crucial on the other 98% of the track.

In most cases slow is fast. Over driving and over powering looks fast but is actually slow.

Ok, I've got another question... I'm doing a youtube video series called road to 100mph with a ofna Gt-V2e 1/8 on road touring car. My current configuration is mamba monster version 1 and a castle cap pack for ripple current, hpi tork 2650kv on two Amain hobbies eco power brand 3400mah 30c 3s lipos for 6s power, I'm running 25t pinion and 42 spur with hi-speed diff gears, the car weighs around 12pounds with fiberglassed body. Right now my car will easily run 65mph at 3/4 throttle. I only run the car about 5min at a time max. The batteries have no problems so far but im looking to gear it up some more like 25t pinion and 34t spur. I'm really considering buying 2 SMC Race Formula 11.1V 6500mAh 70C Traxxas connector batteries. Do you think your batteries would hold up to this type of setup? My charger is a hyperion 720i super duo 3 on a 24v 47amp power supply. I only charge at 1c-2c max since I like my lipos to last. If you say no then I won't buy them but like I said this will be on video so... think about it before answering. I was going to go maxamps to get in the 100mph club but I was thinking their prices are to high. How about a SMC 100mph club?