hi guys i have been using team orion 1600 mah flat pack for all my 1/8 nitro racing and thinking of using lipo like the intellect lipo 1600 from hong kong.

do i just connect directly to the receiver or do i have to get some thing to connect? any help will be appreciated

Shouldn't be a prob, the 6cell flat pac when freshly charger should have almost as much voltage as a fully charged 2S lipo. I don't thonk the extra 0.1 or 0.2v is going to matter.

What does the 1600 Orion indicate fresh off charger? Most of mine get close to 1.34-1.36v/cell. The 2S will be 8.4-8.42v so they should be close. Your rx has already been seeing the high volts from the flat pac.

What are the voltages of the 2 packs and what voltage can your receiver handle? remember that the peak voltage of each lipo cell is 4.2V not 3.7, 3.7 is the nominal voltage so a 1cell pack has a peak voltage of 4.2v, 2cell=8.4, 3cell=12.6V

depending on the amp draw of your servos you also need to know the C rating of the pack. The amp draw can be calculated by taking the mAh times the C rating and then divide that by 1,000

If the 1600mAh pack has a 20C rating then it can put out 32 amps.

the one last thing that you have to do if the lipo will work is not over discharge it. they sell voltage cutoffs that you can use for extra safety but as long as you check your voltage every once in a while on the first few runs you can see how long you can run with that pack. the maximum discharge for a lipo should be 3.2v per cell.