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Originally Posted by nolan0718
I wanted to know is I can use shortys rathe then the stick lipos on my dex408t ???
Originally Posted by mkiiina
You shouldn't have a problem running them in your truggy as long as they have a decent C rating (40+). Has been done before to help cut down weight and does help. However you will have shorter run times generally as shorty's don't have the same max capacity (mah) as stick packs.
Typically if you run a shorty in your truggy, you run 4 of them; 4s2p - 2 sets in parallel then series so you run 4s, but double the mAH and "c" rating. None of those packs will last very long with just a single pair in series (4s)
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