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

[sikeston34m]

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.

[Metallover]

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

[Takedown]

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.

[Metallover]

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

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by Metallover

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

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!

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! 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.

[Metallover]

I'll stick to my original guess - 1.6 miles

[trev3813]

1.548784 miles

[What's_nitro?]

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.

[sikeston34m]

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.

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

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.

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

[What's_nitro?]

Wheeeellliee tiimeeee!!!!

[sikeston34m]

Ok, so far we have:

Sikeston34m - 8 miles

Metallover - 1.6 miles

Trev3813 - 1.548784 miles

What's_Nitro - 5 miles

[Metallover]

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

[What's_nitro?]

Them is fightin' wordz!!!!

[What's_nitro?]

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?