Originally Posted by
cyclone speed
So , i always leave 3000 mah in the pack for storage for 1 month but i remember trying to last a 5 min race with my pack that only peaks at 3800 was hard and even impossible .
If you dont get it , i have 6 packs , 5 of them are able to last 5min ( cuz they peak at 4400 mah but the 6th pack only peaks at 3800 mah and i could only last 4 min 40 sec , so i dead shorted the pack and it peaked at 4400 mah ( lie the other packs and i could last 5 mins , what i want to know is can i dead short my pack ( wich is only 3 weeks old ) to get more runtime to last 5 min ??
DO NOT dead short a NiMH pack.
I think your runtime issue has been brought up before - the answer is that you are using too hot a motor for your skill level. Run a softer motor. Silly tricks to try and gain a high charge capacity will not make any significant difference on the track and will only serve to damage your cells.