Zippy 4S 5000 Pufed! (Photos)

The 1512 2d is a amp hungry motor and it probably pulled too many amps when the battery was nearing the LVC. I would set the LVC to 3.2 volts. Zippy batteries are great for the money, but I find they can't withstand dropping below voltage under load as well as the higher cost brands. For this reason, you need to set the LVC to 3.2 to be safe. You can get away with a 3 volt LVC with the enerland based cell packs but not the zippys. Especially with a high amp motor like the 1512 2d.

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I tend to aggree with Metalman here. I don't think the LVC setting is going to help much.

You have a very hot motor there with aggressive gearing. It's going to pull a huge amount of amps.

If the Lipo isn't up to par for the amp load, it's going to puff. If the "C" rating/max amp draw rating is in line with the amp demand of the setup, you should be able to run to the lvc without a problem.

My 2 cents.