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a tongue test? Get a voltmeter man!

It's the batteries. A good lipo will be at or near it's posted capacity (mah). The fact you aren't getting full capacity means they are bad.

A lipos life is either x number of cycles or 2-3 years of sitting.

Time for some batteries!

[bruce750i]

Hey, that's how I test 9v batteries. Do you know what 9Vdc taste like? Those vxl esc's are knowed to have a touchy Lvc and limp lipos can't help.

I think your esc is acting messed up not recognizing your tounge tested Nimh:). Buy a lva off of eBay for 4$ or from maxamps for 20. Then run it on nimh mode (red led) instead of lipo mode on the esc with the lva installed.

Lva=low volt alarm