This also means the batteries mentioned above are legal in Australia to run at AARCMCC events 30 days following approval by ROAR or BRCA.

Just received my 5600 70c race spec pack. coming from Gens Ace and nano-Techs this thing looks and feels like a quality battery. Came Perfectly balanced, Cannot wait to get it on the track. Thank Danny for the Very quick shipping and simple Website!

Get mine tomorrow!!!:D

My two new Premium certified 6500mah packs have been great. Awesome customer service and fast shipping. Thanks SMC crew

Can there be an easier way to see what packs are ROAR approved, IE in the description it can say its a ROAR legal pack or not?

Thanks,.

When you click on batteries on the left side of the front page of the website there should be options like 1s,2s, saddle and such, one of the options in roar legal packs, click on that and you will see all the packs that are roar legal.
Or you can follow this link.....http://www.smc-racing.net/index.php?...ory&path=67_64

Got my two race spec 70c 5600's today, look very good can't wait to try them out!. My old batteries were 40c!.

You will like the 5600 70c batteries. The two I tested had super low IR, and felt super punchy on the race track. Another great product from SMC at a great price!

Hay Danny,
Just wondering what your advice is on the C rating of your 2s shorty packs. I'm thinking of running the shorty mod ( two 2s lipos in parellel) for my Durango 4x4 sc. What would be better for that setup, 4300 50c or 4600 70c. Whats your advice on the c rating? The bigger the better?

Thanks

Getting ready to possibly purchase a couple of ur batteries, going to be racing my pretty much stock T4 starting in April on a outdoor fairly smooth outdoor 1/10 scale track with alot of small jumps and hairpin turns. The lipo's I'm running now are 5000mah, one is 25c and the other 40c, getting pretty good performance with both but have not actually "raced" with either brand yet. Just looking for something that will give me the best performance possible for racing without breaking the bank, any suggestions?

I'll throw my 0.02¢ in...
A higher c rating is always preferable if you don't mind spending the extra money.
To know what you "need" we would need to know what demands your power system has.

You always want your lipo to have more than enough discharge capability than what your motor/esc will pull.
Of those two, they will discharge around 215 amps and 322 amps respectively (A*C).

if your motor has a peak amp draw of 200A, you are stressing the heck out of the 4300 pack and performance will suffer along with the pack having a shorter life. I think the rule is to ask for 75% of what the pack can give.

Even if it is enough for your current setup, what if you go 4 pole next month? Now your buying a new set of packs.

I have always bought right once... cheaper than buying wrong and having to pull the wallet out again.

By putting 2 of the 4300-50C packs in parallel the IR will drop in half so you will be running a 8600mAh 7.4V pack. I believe this will give you more than enough performance.

Are you racing stock motors or mod motors ? For mod your current packs are fine as there is more than enough power available in mod. For stock you want lower IR packs. Our best IR packs are the 6500-70C and 7200-70C but they cost a bit more. The 5600-70C also has good IR but is only available with inboard tubes at this time.

I'm running a Durango 4x4 SC with a tekin rx8 and a tekin pro4 4600kv motor.

Just didn't know if the 70c would be better than the 50c for this application.

I will be balance charging them separate (not in parallel), What C rating can I charge these packs at, and what should I set my Low Voltage cut off too? What settings should I use on my charger for storage mode? ( volts per cell, I think thats how it works. I'm not sure.

Thanks
I'm still trying to figure out if I want to use the stock saddle pack setup or the 2 2s shorty lipos.

Any thoughts?

You can charge at higher C rates but most chargers will not fully charge a pack when going to high in charge rates. I recommend 2 - 3C for the best results. Your LVC should be set at 3.4v per cell. For storage charge keep them stored at 3.6 to 3.8v per cell.

By using 2 shorty packs you will not have to worry about using up all the mAh in the pack but you will have more weight to carry around.