EAMotorsports

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SLACKER!!

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kcobra

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I'm also wondering when Brood will have some more 4200 cells in? Carpet season is starting up around here and I am needing some cells. I ordered some of their 3800 cells a couple winters ago (last time I did electric racing) and was very happy with them.

Another question. For the IB4200 you charge them without any type of fan on them, correct? Also, how do you store them from week to week? Charged, partially charged, or empty?

Desolas

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Garrett is the definition of a slacker. I'm amazed he finds his way to work every day..

I cannot say much though, I have yet to start packing for IIC and on top of it I have not ran a 1/12 car in nearly two years...I think my A-Main chances are pretty good though..


Heat is a huge enemy to the IB cell. Charging the cells we have in stock right now properly is very important. While I do not think you want to actively cool them with a fan, I think it is a excellent idea to passively cool them with a heat sink. Either the MuchMore battery heatsink, or something similar is almost a must when charging these cells (if you want them to last.) Either that, or charge them at a lower rate so they do not heat up as fast. You want to keep the temperature below around 118-120F. I set my chargers to peak at around 116F, which on a CTX Cellmaster is a peak of 18mv.

For storage, my experience has found that storing them charged is the best thing and occasional cycle of the pack if your going to be storing them for months at a time. Many people report soft cells after storing for awhile, the batteries I bought back in Feb/March of this year have not been used hardly at all during the summer other than a random cycle here and there - I discharged them and charged them back up and they still hold really good numbers. I stored mine 100% charged, and about mid way through the summer I ran them through a cycle.

myk505

i was looking on the brood website and noticed that you guys sell a team checkpoint motor available in 14 turn winds. when i look on the team checkpoint website they say the only sell up to a 13 turn motor (besides the 19t). whats the go with this?

thanks

flameoutgarrett

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we wind all our motors in house, we just use there can....

we can wind any thing you want!

Anemic_SluG

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Hey VXR LIPO ? What style of balance port is on the 3600 car pack?

Thanks

Anemic_SluG

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Also what is a good starting point for gearing a Checkpoint 19t in sedan? About FDR 6?

Exterminator

It uses the thunderpower style balance port.

myk505

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chrispys

Next year we will race touring cars with 5cells and 12t motors in the french SSB class.

This yeat, I usually run checkpoint with infinity brushes and 12x1 armature (no grooved) with 6 cells.

I'd like to have an idea of the kind of motors configurations will be the best with 5 cells.

Desolas

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flameoutgarrett

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best thing to do if you still have the 12x1 rule is stick with the same arms and cans, get some new sticks and gear differently, it will be about the same speed, since the weight is less and all...

b-man777

hey all:Will brood be offering the new ep4200 or stick with ib4200 only?Also i know you guys offer the speedmerchant 1/12 onroad cars so got this question for ya.I've heard from some others on this site that speedmerchants customer sevice/tech support is not that great can someone clear this up? I'm not trying to stir the pot just want to know if there is any truth or not to them claims since they've been making a quality product for years?Thanks for the info

flameoutgarrett

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at this time there are no plans to carry the ep cells, if smc starts matching them then maybe, but as of now we get all our batts matched by smc and we pretty much always get sweet cells...

as for speedmerchant: , we carry all the parts and our getting a shipment of rev 5 parts very soon, bruce has been a 1 man show for a while now, and since he makes the carbon parts it takes a little bit to get some stuff, but he said that he is hiring some workers and moved to a new shop and that turnaround time will be cut way down, we havent had problems getting anything, we usually just call him and he sends parts out, we pretty much have a live inventory of the merchant parts, in a week or 2 we should have all the new parts...

mush104

hey brood i was wondering wat the best setup you found would be for the co27 and komodo in touring car foam and 12 scale indoors carpet and its on a track like 70 by 40.