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10-01-2011 | 03:20 PM
1s lipo balancing
This goes to show how much of a newb I am about 1s lipo racing.
Noticed that there isn't any balance port on my lipo. Does that mean that 1s lipos don't need to be balanced?
This may be a stupid question but I thought I would ask.
Noticed that there isn't any balance port on my lipo. Does that mean that 1s lipos don't need to be balanced?
This may be a stupid question but I thought I would ask.
10-01-2011 | 03:24 PM
10-01-2011 | 03:28 PM
Tech Master
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,259
From: Tewkesbury, UK via Plymouth, UK.
Having been back in 1/12 scale for a while, I have a list of questions for other like racers:
1: Does it take everybody two hours to cut out a body to satisfaction?
2: Do you keep all of your junk in some other room but put your car on your desk but not to work on it, just stare at it and flex the suspension every few minutes?
3: Do you get way to happy for breaking your old single lap record by a few hundredths of a second?
4: Why is there always somebody with a smoother diff no matter what you do?
5: Why do the apexes of the corners seem to move between rounds?
And 6: Why is it so damn hard to convince anybody who doesn't already do it that racing toy cars is cool? Much cooler than say... video games, golf, or whatever normal people do for fun?
1: Does it take everybody two hours to cut out a body to satisfaction?
2: Do you keep all of your junk in some other room but put your car on your desk but not to work on it, just stare at it and flex the suspension every few minutes?
3: Do you get way to happy for breaking your old single lap record by a few hundredths of a second?
4: Why is there always somebody with a smoother diff no matter what you do?
5: Why do the apexes of the corners seem to move between rounds?
And 6: Why is it so damn hard to convince anybody who doesn't already do it that racing toy cars is cool? Much cooler than say... video games, golf, or whatever normal people do for fun?
10-01-2011 | 05:11 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,117
From: Austin, TX
Si... no balance needed. It is a single cell, remember... nothing to balance it to.
10-01-2011 | 07:37 PM
Also I think they run 13.5 and I can't really see myself not running mod
...lol Plus there seems to be need for two speedo's depending on what class is run .5 classes or modAs sad as it sounds I guess I'll get a TC6 since the guys near my skills are running TC mod
I'll be getting the 4PL radio, probably run the Team Power stuff as this guy named Larry there is very good with motors
Otherwise probably a speed passion speedo
Things have really changed since 8 years ago. Lipo, Brushless, new speedo's
Also it seems most 12th have the side spring
Desert Rat seems like a cool guy to have racing with you and he clearly has the 12th scale DNA gene mutation...lol
How has your racing been? What car are you running? Let me know I wish you best of luck and tight lines
Take care
Kel
10-01-2011 | 08:49 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,416
From: Tucson, AZ. USA
I alternate between a Serpent S120L and a BMI Copperhead 12. Really like the Serpent, very high quality and went well right out of the box, but the BMI is coming along. We run 13.5 boosted which is plenty fast for this old Fart. Have a Speed Passion V2.1 for 1S which works quite well. You might consider the GT2.0, it has the heat sink for TC mod. Most people are using LRP or Tekin. Keep after the 1/12TH, it almost died here, but we kept after it and are enjoying a nice comeback.
10-01-2011 | 09:01 PM
I alternate between a Serpent S120L and a BMI Copperhead 12. Really like the Serpent, very high quality and went well right out of the box, but the BMI is coming along. We run 13.5 boosted which is plenty fast for this old Fart. Have a Speed Passion V2.1 for 1S which works quite well. You might consider the GT2.0, it has the heat sink for TC mod. Most people are using LRP or Tekin. Keep after the 1/12TH, it almost died here, but we kept after it and are enjoying a nice comeback.
...lolI will keep after the 12th it's my passion
I think this is what most fast TC mod guys use at Norcal
Not sure it will work for 17.5 if no mod guys are there but mod actually seems to be popular class
Look forward to seeing you at a race
Later
10-01-2011 | 09:57 PM
10-01-2011 | 10:20 PM
...lolIf I am honest i never really felt the tubes 12th cars
Remember the bolink or parma car that had one tube
Not this one I think maybe one of these and I used the body to the right
Those we're the days
Right now I would get the RC125.1 if 12th was a viable class here
I love Norcal it is such a cool track
Kevin is doing great
Are you at the IIC
Did you ever even play with the "shock" serpent car?
I liked it's look better although serpent made the decision to do tubes
Last edited by Infinite 12th; 10-02-2011 at 12:57 PM.
10-01-2011 | 10:47 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,416
From: Tucson, AZ. USA
I'm using the shock car, the tube car isn't out yet. The mono shock works great for me, but I run on a low to medium bite carpet. High bite seems to be the sticking point. That ESC you linked to is the one I use for 1/12TH. You'll need more cooling for TC.
10-01-2011 | 10:56 PM
Take a pic and share maybe
All I can say is that's the esc that TC mod guys use I'm pretty sure
They use 3.5, 4.0 turns with fan on esc
10-01-2011 | 11:28 PM
shelf queen
Glad to put a face to the name Infinite 12th at Norcal today. Yep 12th scale racing at Norcal is pretty sad sorry to say. I dont know why more people are not racing 12th scale it is such a fun class. But with all the BS of running mod or 17. 5 or 13.5 I dont know anymore. Like I said before there is at least 5 or 6 guys who have them that just dont run them. I'm getting pretty tired of waiting. I just want to race! So my 12th will go on the shelf until they decide or I get enough money to go mod sedan and use my electronics for that. Only time and my wallet will tell.
10-01-2011 | 11:31 PM
Glad to put a face to the name Infinite 12th at Norcal today. Yep 12th scale racing at Norcal is pretty sad sorry to say. I dont know why more people are not racing 12th scale it is such a fun class. But with all the BS of running mod or 17. 5 or 13.5 I dont know anymore. Like I said before there is at least 5 or 6 guys who have them that just dont run them. I'm getting pretty tired of waiting. I just want to race! So my 12th will go on the shelf until they decide or I get enough money to go mod sedan and use my electronics for that. Only time and my wallet will tell.