i see your reflection!

That thing is HUGE!!! It looks like an airplane jet!

Can the 9918 handle the plettenberg bigmaxximum on 16 or 18 cells?

if your worried about weight why not go with lipo?

I don't think the 9918 is designed to handle 4 Pole motors which are a bit harder on controllers. I believe the 9918 is designed to handle up to 18 cells but not a Maxximum or a BigMaxximum. I could be wrong but I think the 4 pole motor is too much for it to be reliable.

Well I was really never worried about the weight because I wanted just raw power for this project and didn't care about handling just wanted power but now that I weighed 60 cells, its like 7+ lbs LOL.. Tho I would go Lipo which I would need 10 Cells per motor so I would need 20 Lipo cells but the config I need doesn't fit, unless I can get a custom designed lipo batteries. I asked Thunder Power batteries about it many times but no luck. The dimensions I have to work with is about as long as a normal 6 cell stick pack so I could theoretically lay down 15 cell per level which would line up 5 cells per column and 3 cell rows.

so would a bigmaxximum fit in a stock emaxx pretty easily? What esc would i need for 16-18 cells?

BigMaxximum in a Stock, Yes it would but you will be limited on what pinion choices due to the stock motor plate.

Well Plettenberg recommends a 18.97KW so anything near that spec should be fine.

so does anyone know if i can run 18 cells on a 9918-8xl combo?

18 cells
 

Yep - no problems mate....