Please help a lost nitro guy convert to BL!!

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If you are setting a truck up for 15 min runs, then you are pushing your cells and you should get the best pack you can afford. However if you are setting up for 45 min runs like you are. The continuos discharge rate is low and then pack price and life cycle are more important. I have used Polyquest, Maxamps, and Align packs in my heli's. The align pack is junk. The max amps might not be 100% highest voltage but they have been true and reliable. I think that price, size are going to be the most important info for your setup. There has been so much positive talk about Zippy packs I have been thinking about getting some. But for the time being I am happy with 15 min run times and 10 min recharge times. (A123). Since I have 2 packs I can run all day. But I do have to spend a few minutes swapping packs.

Think about it 45 min run times is less then 2C discharge rate. Yea I know the bursts will be 10C or something like that but with Todays Lipo's that is no big deal even for cheapo cells.


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