so i have run the car until it wont run.

With a new Klien meter I am reading 8.18v for a 2 cell pack rated for 7.2 and the car will NOT run anymore.

The Reedy (sorry for mispelling earlier) ESC is blinking rapidily. Im assuming the esc is shot or battery is discharged at 8.18v and the esc is shutting down.

NOW heres the kicker. The car stopped working right after I hit a curb pretty hard.

1) im still not understanding the correlation of V as a measure of stored energy potential at a given point in time(charge). I get small variances in amp out vs V but storage? seems like a very small V variance to work with. Wouldnt time on charge be a better measure? is there a chart showing V to Amp out correlation. wouldnt that be a better measure of stored capacity than V?

2)im going to charge it up .2V and see if i get a run. There seems to be a memory on these batteries within a VERY small V window.

Am I overthinking something? I have read and reseachered but am missing something

TIA
DMW for APW