Originally Posted by
robzzz
I am gonna be getting a rc8be soon and was wanting some help with my motor and battery selection. I am trying to decide between going with a 1400 Tekin with a 6s battery or a 1700-1900 Tekin with a 4s battery. What are the pros and cons of each. I will mainly be running on a small-medium sized track. What would the difference be in runtime between the two? Looking at 5000 mah packs for the 1700 or around 3000mah for the 6s.
Thanks for replies.
If you are racing in any sanctioned ROAR events, 4S batteries are the biggest you can run. Also you will find that 4S on a small track with a 1900 motor is plenty fast, 3000 6S battery, you wont even finish a race with that unless its about 6-8 minutes long. And they are heavy and dont fit in the tray well. So for the track you should be looking at 4S 5000MAH 138MM long packs.
If you are just bashing and doing speed runs on the street, buy whatever you want.