I've been looking at these good prices and specs for sure.
The batteries is kind of a personal preference. I use 2x3S because my other trucks run saddle trays. I ran 2x2s until recently and just started 6S in the outcast, but stuck with the 2x3S in case I want to unleash hell on my erevo and savage flux.
Nice. I just got the q6 pro as a second charger to use in my car when I'm out bashing. Should be here tomorrow.
For me, I have enough so I can go nonstop as long as my trucks and my feet and back hold out.
When I go out, I take 2 trucks. A 1/10 that uses a single 3S pack and a 1/8th that uses 2 x 2S (soon to be 2x3S) packs. I have a 2x15A charger in my car. So, I drive to a skate park/bmx track (that's 40 minutes away), bash one set of packs in the big truck and 1 pack in the little. After running the little, I start the car, then put the first set of big truck packs on the charger. Then I fumble about and put the fresh batteries in both the big and little truck, close the trunk, drive to the next destination (20 minute drive and a stop for coffee and to dispose of used coffee).
Usually by the time I reach the second park the first packs I started charging at the last park are done and the single 1/10 pack has cooled, then it goes on the charger and I start all over again. Then to the next bash site... and the next. I have 4 or 5 and they are all at least 15-20 minutes from each other. At the end of the day, I've driven 90-120 miles and bashed for 5-6 hours constant.
Which is usually roughly an 8-10 hour since I left my house bash day.
So, you get enough packs that fits what YOU do and what you want to do. If 2 or 3 gets you by, that's great. If it takes 10, then it takes 10.
Typically, I have a fresh/new pair for my big trucks that sit unused and a spare 3S for my little trucks that sits unused. Then if I have a pack drop a cell or something, I have spares at home for the next bash day and I can get more on order. It works best if you have only a couple battery types, which now I'm retrofitting/working towards having all 3S packs vs all 2S packs. I get enough 3S packs to run in matched pairs in my big trucks and 2 or 3 for my small trucks as they both use the same size. My big and little trucks don't share battery footprints... so now I'm trying to buy 3S that fit all 3 of my big trucks and I can make 3S that fit my smalls out of my old 2S packs.
Basically, I'm never out of batteries.
I have to say... electric requires a lot more planning than nitro did... lol! With nitro, throw the gallon in the bag and go. A couple spare NiMH AA's for the heater and a small charger for the receiver pack or a spare one and your good all day long. Now it seems I plan my days around charge times and cool down cycles for packs.
I kind of treat lipo's like fuel. I try not to keep too many more than I use as they may not have a good shelf life, as in years on the shelf may be bad. So, just buying 10, then cycling 4 of them for a season may not make sense. Also, companies come out with higher capacity/c-rate all the time. I tried making it so everything ran the same thing, but I got frustrated with 2S on my small trucks. Luckily, I was able to disassemble/build 3S packs out of my old 2S and they fit. However, they are too big to fit in my big trucks. So, odds are, I'll end up with 3S pairs for big trucks and single 3S for my smalls by the end of this year. I have 4 newer 7400mah 2S packs that I'll likely break down and make 2x3S out of while having the 4th remaining 2S pack to be a spare in case one of them drop a cell, since I ran them all the same in the same trucks the same number of cycles, they should all be relatively well matched.This is as organized as I've seen. Well thought out; well planned. Had I been this bright when I decided to start all this RC stuff, I'd be in better shape at the bank.
Lipos don't sell and I have countless. racing drones, toy drones, small trucks, airplanes... it's crazy what I've lost now in redundancy but still have every pack I ever bought or was included. Worthless these packs are online and I have no local RC friends whatsoever. lol ....or I'd try to unload or trade with them...lol
Its a damn moment for me here.
no, its fine.
Thanks!
The C rating of a pack dictates only what it can safely supply. The esc/motor dictates how much of that is used. If you had 1000C packs (don't exist, just an example) your 30C esc/motor won't pull any more out of it than 30C.
Thanks for clearing up my confusion, fully understand now ?
For my Traxxas rustler vxl I like to run the gensacearespammers 5000mah 100c racing series 2 cell LiPo or when I want to go fast I use my Venom 3 cell lipo. But when it comes to my arrma kraton I like to run two 3s Dynamite 5000mah 50c LiPO batteries. But I would love to try SMC batteries and power hobby batteries because I really need to get a single 6s pack so that I don't only have one option and have to charge my batteries before I run my kraton again. And the dynamite batteries are not really budget-friendly ,they're not extremely expensive but by no means are they cheap so I would love to find a high-quality battery in 6s lipo that has a great price.
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