NiMH or Li-Po?

[liborlad]

At the moment I'm running a CF/Al Gmaxx chassis with UE and GA upgrades in most places on my Emaxx. I'm now planning on changing to a brushless system and was pretty set on a 9L/9918 combo with 7 cell GP3700 packs.

This would cost me about $360 for the motor and extras plus another $300 for 3 sets of decent batts. However I've been reading the discussion you've been having with lipomax and I'm thinking maybe I'm going in the wrong direction.

Would I be better with a 10L or 7xl running with a 6s Kokam 3200 setup? Are the feigao motors up to this, should I now look at the lehner motors?
Would these batts fit OK on the Gmaxx chassis? Will the koolflight UBEC work OK with a higher input voltage? Can the 9918 work at the higher voltages these cells run at?

Sorry for all the questions guys but I'm now very unsure as to the best way forward. I'm not using the truck for racing so top speed is not a major issue, anything around the 40mph mark would be more than enough for me. I am interested in real good punch combined with long runtimes.

I'm happy to spend around the $600 mark for this upgrade. your views would be appreciated.

[supermaxx4190]

im in the same boat,
i need to be able to run 10 minutes on the track with my 8L/9918. i have 3 sets of 3300 packs, but im really looking into lipo. if you have the money, go lipo. im not sure if they will fit in the g-maxx chassis, mike would know. you just have to be really carefull with lipo. and you have to have a good charger. mabey 3700's would be better for you if you dont have a lipo charger. i think i may look into those 3700's

[liborlad]

Supermaxx

I didn't mean to post this question here, I've re-posted in the brushless forum and there'e been some discussion about this over there.

Thanks for your input, I've decided I'm definitely going LiPo, just need the right combo. The packs fit quite comfortably on the Gmaxx chassis.

[supermaxx4190]

3700's are good too

[liborlad]

I've actually switched back to going with 3700's after hearing all the horror stories about lipos. I'm now running 16 cell GP3700 on the Gmaxx chassis, even though they are a slightly bigger battery tha the 3300 they fit without any problem.