My Crt.5

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BlackedOutREVO

Yeah, Im sure it does, but for a kid like me, its a really nice dent for the wallet

I understand, but keep in mind that you can use 2100mah or so cells to do hv. My 2200 mah cells are from Uninted hobbies and cost about 110 shipped for 2 5s packs. 2200 10s lipo would be capable of more than 2hp. That is plenty for a buggy or lighter MT. Use the great planes 60hv esc and a pixstix adapter with the stock mech brakes. Not as expensive as a neu/mgm combo, and will work just as well. A 20l feigao motor will most likely work well on 10s. The higher voltage smooths out the current spiks, and everything runs cooler on more voltage. Be careful though, 10s can be dangerous, but no worse than charging lipos.

[starscream]

Nice setup linc.
The Plett looks great!

I only run HV in my 1/8th scales and MT's. 30 + volts seems dangerous but its really not any more dangerous than 4S lipo's. If you get smacked by a dead short, its gonna hurt no matter if its 4S or 10S. I'd rather run an 18C 10S setup than a 25C 4S setup any day of the week.
I'm running 8S A123's on my MBX5T, 8ight, and Revo and the temps never break 100F and they are beasts on the track...

Sorry for the rant, I'm just having withdrawls from the weekend.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by starscream

Nice setup linc.
The Plett looks great!

I only run HV in my 1/8th scales and MT's. 30 + volts seems dangerous but its really not any more dangerous than 4S lipo's. If you get smacked by a dead short, its gonna hurt no matter if its 4S or 10S. I'd rather run an 18C 10S setup than a 25C 4S setup any day of the week.
I'm running 8S A123's on my MBX5T, 8ight, and Revo and the temps never break 100F and they are beasts on the track...

Sorry for the rant, I'm just having withdrawls from the weekend.

Yep, that 8s a123 must be a good setup! I love rants, keep em comming!

Love the .5 BTW! Great vehicle, I may put heavier springs on the rear, are the grey springs you included heavier?

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Yep, that 8s a123 must be a good setup! I love rants, keep em comming!

Love the .5 BTW! Great vehicle, I may put heavier springs on the rear, are the grey springs you included heavier?

The grey springs are the stock ones.....


Hmmm, something I never thought about with a HV set up, so I guess its just fitting it on the car thats hard huh? A place speedo is cheap, mech brakes is cheap because I have tons of servos, and lipos cost the same, along with the motor

Something to think about

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BlackedOutREVO

The grey springs are the stock ones.....


Hmmm, something I never thought about with a HV set up, so I guess its just fitting it on the car thats hard huh? A place speedo is cheap, mech brakes is cheap because I have tons of servos, and lipos cost the same, along with the motor

Something to think about

The maxamps 2100 lipos are good to use as they can usually fit on the opposite side to the motor in an 1/8 buggy, 2 5s 2100 packs are longer than a std pack, but about the same weight and cost. Plus you can use a cheaper motor, like a 12xl, or 20l feigao. They work much better than their higher kv cousins.

[starscream]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Yep, that 8s a123 must be a good setup! I love rants, keep em comming!

Love the .5 BTW! Great vehicle, I may put heavier springs on the rear, are the grey springs you included heavier?

The grey springs are soft, blue are medium and white are hard.
I'd try using heavier oil like 60wt in the front and 45wt in the rear.

I get 15min with my 8S A123 setup with a NEU 1515/2Y and the HV110/pistix
I just wish there were an affordable car esc that could handle it.....

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by starscream

The grey springs are soft, blue are medium and white are hard.
I'd try using heavier oil like 60wt in the front and 45wt in the rear.

I get 15min with my 8S A123 setup with a NEU 1515/2Y and the HV110/pistix
I just wish there were an affordable car esc that could handle it.....

A hv car esc would be nice, hell I'd be happy with a forward only esc, that could work with a wheel radio and have a great startup. Oh and pc programability. I do not mind mech brakes. I wonder if the new castle hydra hv controller has decent startup. I programmed a hydra 120, but never saw it run. I may have to give one a try.