is there a easier way to run nimh and lipos on my MMM?

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

The easiest way to deal with this problem is to put the NiMH on eBay. :) I've found that for 1/8th scale/MT stuff, NiMH has really anemic performance, unless you go to 18 cells or more, but then you're hauling around 2# of cells.

i was pretty happy with my 14 old vented gp3300's and a 9xl. gearing would alow me to still do weelies at ease and still have a top end more than enough for bashing around. the batts did get up in temp 160's at the end of the run though.

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by dubkatz

the batts did get up in temp 160's at the end of the run though.

Get out the marshmallows!

Those kinda temps will really shorten pack life. I had a 7700kv castle motor that would just bake the cells, 160 degrees too. Couldn't hardly hold onto them after a run. That went away after I got a 2S lipo, but even that got to 120 deg.

I do agree with you, you can certainly run 'em. I guess I'm just jaded with Lipo and A123's.

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

Get out the marshmallows!

Those kinda temps will really shorten pack life. I had a 7700kv castle motor that would just bake the cells, 160 degrees too. Couldn't hardly hold onto them after a run. That went away after I got a 2S lipo, but even that got to 120 deg.

I do agree with you, you can certainly run 'em. I guess I'm just jaded with Lipo and A123's.

yea im def. happy to run them into the ground. plus 1/3 of the cells vent if i charge them too fast. So needless to say there pretty beat, and they dont hold a charge for more than an hour or so.
I would def. love to go to a123 but there realy priced at a peak lately. one of those dewalt packs go for 140-150$ on ebay(10 cells). quality lipos are still pricey and i just dont like the temprament. I was thinking about getting a box of those sony li-ion. decent discharge rate. and realy sturdy cells. no need to balance and not so sensitive to lv. plus abox of 25 for 160 on ebay would give me all kinds of options. But alas ill have to wait. I just bought a brushless boat. hopefully that will keep me occupied till my mmm comes in.