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jhautz · 12:04 AM

Don't be putting those nice lipos in that battery box with the screws poking up into the bottom of them.

Denting your lipo is the worst thing you can do to it. It creates a weak spot in the cell that will heat up more quickly under load and cause the battery to fail more quickly. Your next purchase should be a proper battery box for those lipos. Do it before you ruin the packs. Those cells are wider than the flightpower/enerland packs so you will need to get a wider than normal battery box. I just had Mike make one for me that will fit those things like a glove. Order one from Mike and tell him you want his new one piece battery box with the same internal dimensions as the one he just made for me. It will fit those packs perfectly.

I am running the 5s versions of those exact packs in my buggy and truggy and they have been performing very well for the money. No they are not flighpowers, but they hold votage well and have very low internal resistance. and at 2/5 the price of enerland its hard to go wrong IMO. Just make sure you take care and balance them properly when you charge them. Those 2 packs you got only had 1 or 2 cycles on them. They ran on the track in my buggy with a Lehner 1940/7 and a MMM and temped at barely over 100 degrees when I ran them. I was going to switch over to 4s in my buggy and was testing this setup using the motor from my savage, but after trying it I decided I would stick to the 5s setup I had. Everything else I own runs on 5s so why make one buggy that needs its own special packs.

Those motor temps do look a bit high, but unfortunatly the Feigao is just going to run hot when compared to a Neu. Dont let it bug you, just do what you have to to keep it under 200 degrees. It is what it is and to expect temps comparable to a Neu is not realistic. Adding a fan on the motor may not be a bad idea to help you keep the motor temps down a little bit. The speedo and lipo temps dont look to bad to me.

Have to checked to make sure the drivetrain is running smooth and you dont have any biding from a bad bearing or something and the there is nothing rubbing anywhere? Also, where are you running? What kind of surface?

All in all it looks like you have the makings of a nice conversion there.

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jhautz RC-Monster Mod Offline Posts: 4,217 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	07.22.2008, 12:01 AM Don't be putting those nice lipos in that battery box with the screws poking up into the bottom of them. Denting your lipo is the worst thing you can do to it. It creates a weak spot in the cell that will heat up more quickly under load and cause the battery to fail more quickly. Your next purchase should be a proper battery box for those lipos. Do it before you ruin the packs. Those cells are wider than the flightpower/enerland packs so you will need to get a wider than normal battery box. I just had Mike make one for me that will fit those things like a glove. Order one from Mike and tell him you want his new one piece battery box with the same internal dimensions as the one he just made for me. It will fit those packs perfectly. I am running the 5s versions of those exact packs in my buggy and truggy and they have been performing very well for the money. No they are not flighpowers, but they hold votage well and have very low internal resistance. and at 2/5 the price of enerland its hard to go wrong IMO. Just make sure you take care and balance them properly when you charge them. Those 2 packs you got only had 1 or 2 cycles on them. They ran on the track in my buggy with a Lehner 1940/7 and a MMM and temped at barely over 100 degrees when I ran them. I was going to switch over to 4s in my buggy and was testing this setup using the motor from my savage, but after trying it I decided I would stick to the 5s setup I had. Everything else I own runs on 5s so why make one buggy that needs its own special packs. Those motor temps do look a bit high, but unfortunatly the Feigao is just going to run hot when compared to a Neu. Dont let it bug you, just do what you have to to keep it under 200 degrees. It is what it is and to expect temps comparable to a Neu is not realistic. Adding a fan on the motor may not be a bad idea to help you keep the motor temps down a little bit. The speedo and lipo temps dont look to bad to me. Have to checked to make sure the drivetrain is running smooth and you dont have any biding from a bad bearing or something and the there is nothing rubbing anywhere? Also, where are you running? What kind of surface? All in all it looks like you have the makings of a nice conversion there. I can't decide if its more fun to make it... or break it... Silent...But Deadly Last edited by jhautz; 07.22.2008 at 12:04 AM.