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hemiblas · 01.03.2009, 12:38 PM

You really want to get a wattmeter when you get that setup going. I didnt buy those, but I did try 3 different brands of lipos from ebay and posted my results on a different website. They were the 10C 4000mah cells and they were very dissapointing. I puffed one out right away on a 5S setup with the stock titans and I wasnt even able to get up to full speed more than a couple of times. I was told by a lot of the vendors that I bought them from that they were for airplanes and not RC trucks that have the high current spikes.
The other 4000mah 10C packs I ordered were 3s and as soon as they got over 20Amps continiuos the voltage would drop under 10 volts. They would not even work on a vxl bandit without tripping lvc in the first 10 seconds. I recorded lots of voltages in the 8-10v range over 20A and never got to 40A which would have been 10C.

You should gear this thing way down when you get it or you could just puff them both. The dimensions are very small on those lipos for their capacity to really put out any meaningful current.

I am now the pround owner of many doorstoppers as a result of my trying to save money. I hope it works out better for you than it did for me.

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hemiblas RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 433 Join Date: Oct 2007	01.03.2009, 12:38 PM You really want to get a wattmeter when you get that setup going. I didnt buy those, but I did try 3 different brands of lipos from ebay and posted my results on a different website. They were the 10C 4000mah cells and they were very dissapointing. I puffed one out right away on a 5S setup with the stock titans and I wasnt even able to get up to full speed more than a couple of times. I was told by a lot of the vendors that I bought them from that they were for airplanes and not RC trucks that have the high current spikes. The other 4000mah 10C packs I ordered were 3s and as soon as they got over 20Amps continiuos the voltage would drop under 10 volts. They would not even work on a vxl bandit without tripping lvc in the first 10 seconds. I recorded lots of voltages in the 8-10v range over 20A and never got to 40A which would have been 10C. You should gear this thing way down when you get it or you could just puff them both. The dimensions are very small on those lipos for their capacity to really put out any meaningful current. I am now the pround owner of many doorstoppers as a result of my trying to save money. I hope it works out better for you than it did for me.