Racing battery choices - RC-Monster Forums

jhautz · 05.10.2012, 10:32 PM

No. No eagle tree. I have one but, I gave up on worrying about the details like that. I havent even touched it in years. As long as the pack delivers the punch and doesnt puff when I beat on it its a good pack to me.

As far as run time.... It depends on the track really. If its a tight track where you are picking through alot of technical stuff and you cant really lean on it then I get more run time, but if the traction is up and the track has room to let it run then I can blast through the mah. Same as anyone. The tracks around here tend to be on the large side so they do require some juice.

zeropointbug · 05.10.2012, 11:05 PM

Yeah, that's probably why I have had higher runtime than you guys, our track has only 1 long straight, the rest is very technical and doesn't require much energy to keep the truck rolling on a steady pace.

zeropointbug · 02:21 AM

So the race track is being completely redone into a different track layout this year, I think they are finishing it this weekend. I emailed my buddy, and track director to see what was up and tell him I'm coming back this year. He says the seasonal races, which run everyother Sunday, are going to be different starting this year, 3x 15min races for each class, with the two trophy races (2 day weekend races) that run once in June, and once in August are either going to be a 30 min or 45 min races

I hope it's not 45 mins, that will be an expensive battery buy... I also am not going for Thunderpower, because you need buy some stupid balance port adapters which are going to be annoying to use... did you know TP packs have TWO balance plugs for packs over 5s?! It's time TP used JST plugs.

I got it down to two choices, which are dependant on how long those trophy races are...

30 min race = 3x Hyperion 6s 2600mah 45C

45 min race = 3x Hyperion 6s 3300mah 45C

Does anyone have any experience with TP 65C packs?

zeropointbug · 05.21.2012, 12:41 PM

Good news, the trophy races are only going to be 30 mins for sure. A couple of guys were pushing for longer MAINS, but the majority said 30 mins if enough for marsheling; I know I wouldn't want to go for more than 30 mins either out there.

So I will be buying 3 of the 2600mah 6s 45C packs, plus they are selling the Sentry pack checker for $14.

$335 before shipping

jhautz · 05.21.2012, 12:56 PM

Yea. 30 min is plenty for any race. I feel sorry for the poor Bmain guys that would have to marshal for 45 min. Marshaling a 30 min race sucks bad enough.

zeropointbug · 05.21.2012, 10:14 PM

I can't seem to click confirm purchase for those Hyperion packs... I was just thinking, since only two races out of 26 races in a season are 30 min, and the other 24 are 15 min each, why not just go for the 65C TP 2250mah packs, for 8 mins a pack, and light weight to boot! 370 grams.

If I wanted to save money I would get a single 3300 65C pack for $170.

I know it might be a better idea to go for the 2600 packs, but I am feeling like what the hell, why not try these things out, and may as well use the C rating and get a small pack right?

zeropointbug · 05.22.2012, 03:10 PM

http://www.skoffroad.ca/

Okay, there is the new track layout, they just finished yesterday. It looks like it is a bit faster than the old layout, and not as much tight elevation changes, which I will miss, like reverse banks and such.

JHautz, what would you do, buy two TP 65C 3300 6s packs for $340, locally no shipping... OR get the 3 G3/45C 2600 6s packs for $360 shipped? This is really bugging me.