Yea, thats the goal. Break it before you have to charge it. :p I rarely make it that much runtime before something desides to go wrong for some reason. :032:

I had a similar thing happen when running my Jato on the 2s2p emolis (5.6Ah). There was another guy who swapped his NiMH batteries on his rustler (IIRC) three times before mine finally dumped. He asked what the heck kind of batteries I was running. :)

On my Revo, I get about 13-15 minutes of runtime. Not too bad, but I'd like more. I don't necessarily want 2 hours of runtime - I'd get tired of running that long lol. And I think my Tx batteries would die first! :)

with my setup and 2 5k lipo , what kind of run time do you think i can get before cut off? 25-30 minutes

Runtime is sooo hard to guess at since driving style, track conditions, how much time you spend at top speed, etc, makes so much difference.

When you say 2 5k lipo, do you mean 2s1p 5k lipo?

my novak system is a 14.8v system so ill be using 2 2s packs @ 5ah , hope that helps

At a very rough guess, I'd say 20-25 minutes. But that's based on my Revo with 3.3Ah NiMH cells and different system.

cool thats great, ordered charger, mrc 989, parts list is shrinking:027:

So, how close are you to completion?

basiclly done ordered charger(new to electric), just need my batterys(maxamps 5ah 7.4v packs) body (j concepts custom painted) and some extended wheelbase rear arms(traxxas) and test and tune suspension, then ill probably sell the hvmaxx and get more power, but i think it will be good for a while as long as it holds up, (hvmaxx 4.5 is off ebay for about $200 used)

Entjoles, I would definately go with the Tekno rear arms instead of Traxxas. There much stronger.

cool ill check them out, did not know they made em, i live under a rock you know lol, thanks ill check em out

thanks they do look good, ill get those instead

just a quick update, got charger and ordered body(jconcepts) and ext. rear arms (tekno) and ordered batterys( maxamps 7.4v 5000mah x 2) will test asap and let you guys know how it works out..

one quick ? though, i cant seem to figure out the final drive gear ratio when compared to the emaxx, diffs are the same and i think the close ratio 2nd gear is the same as the emaxx, but how can i figure out my gearing , just check the emaxx recomended ratio and then try to match it? i am running 15/40, thanks for any help

I have the various gear ratios for the Revo at my R/C Calculations site (link in sig).

thanks, it looks like i dont have to worry about getting to hot, if i understand the final drive ratios between the two correctly