I am just wondering if using a battery with a discharge current lower than the recommended one for the senton 3s will damage the battery or car. I am planning on buying the car but the 3s batteries that I currently have are only 30c but the recommended discharge current is 50c, what affect would this have? Also, can the stock ESC handle 4s lipo?
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It won’t hurt anything but your patience. It will likely cut off (LVC) under hard throttle.
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The ESC is for 3S tops. That's why it is called a Senton"3S". It wont run on 4S. The ESC will probably go LVC once connected and powered on with a 4S lipo, because ESC sees overvoltage. Technically HVC. High voltage cut. Best case scenario. If it doesn't , you will fry the ESC. Putting the ESC into Nim pack battery mode (using a 4S) would result this scenario.
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Is there any way to turn off the lvc on the ESC?
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Yes if it is the BLX100, you set the battery type to NiMH mode instead of Lipo. If you run a lipo in NiMH mode, you better have a lipo alarm and mind it when it beeps.
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Thanks, I always have one on hand because I have a cheap racing drone and I don't want a firework explosion overhead!
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Depending on which of the lipos I am running I sometimes use an alarm also. I have some deadly puffed packs ready for the grave that I am dearing enough to use. I leave LVC on though if the ESC allows. Only older variants will switch to Nim. (185's) wish the nim feature would alway be available. I always wanted to try a 5S. I salvaged an old 6s.( lost a cell. Made it a 5S) But have no use for it now. It old anyway. it wasn't even worth fixing I guess.
