5000mah 4S Lipo - How many miles per charge?
 

With all the new GPS units coming out these days, has anyone ever discovered how many miles per charge a particuliar setup gives?

I got a new toy for Christmas, so I MIGHT be experimenting with this. :yes:

Out of the blue, I'd guess 1.62 miles for something around 5000mah.

It all depends on throttle use, how many times you punch, how fast you drive, turning etc.... Alot of variables. Theirs no definate answer only vague estimates.:lol:

If someone plans on getting a gps and tesing this we should make it a challenge to guess how far it goes.:party: If someone is getting one post your setup before you run it so we can all speculate.:lol:

I got a Garmin Nuvi 200 for Christmas. I'm pretty sure it's capable of doing this.

It displays trip information. Such as:

Average speed
Max Speed
Total Trip Time
Plus it has an odometer! :yes:

All I have to do is figure out where/how to strap it on for the ride. LOL

OK, let's make a guessing game out of this! :yes: You guys guess on how many miles you think it will go on a single charge.

Stock E Revo converted to Brushless.

ESC - Monster Mamba V2 using internal BEC
Batteries - 4S Lipo 5000mah 20C - About a year old but still accept 4800mah per charge when using 3.0v lvc.
Motor - Medusa 36-60-2000 using Mod 1 gearing 18/52

I'll get this figured out and gather some results. :yipi:

I'll stick to my original guess - 1.6 miles

1.548784 miles

I'll guess something like ~5 miles, maybe a bit less. Assuming you figure out where the peak efficiency lies between speed/power consumption and travel at that constant speed.

OK, BEFORE I gather the information, I would also like to post an educated guess.

This setup gives about 25 minutes of pretty hard running.

30 mph is 1 mile every 2 minutes. I know 30mph won't be the average speed.

I'm thinking the total miles per charge will be right at 8 miles.

Yes, and avoid those "Blast-out-of-the-hole" take offs that create those amperage spikes.

I probably should take the truck down to the park for this one. LOL

Wheeeellliee tiimeeee!!!! :lol: :no:

Ok, so far we have:

Sikeston34m - 8 miles

Metallover - 1.6 miles

Trev3813 - 1.548784 miles

What's_Nitro - 5 miles

Oh man! You guys have no chance!!! Sike and Nitro are going to be over.:na: And it's not going to be in between 1.54748932730523745 and 1.6!!!:party: So that means I got this in the bag!!:lol:

:na:

Them is fightin' wordz!!!! :grrrrrr: :lol:

And actually, I could be wayyyy under. I just did some hypothesizing.

Average voltage under load (30mph): 13.5V. (12+15/2)
Average power consumption under load: 200W. (?)
Average current draw under load: 14.815A.
Total runtime at average current draw: 20.25 Minutes.
Distance traveled during total runtime: 10.125 Miles.

What say you?