markzr7

Would a 10c 1250 mah 3-cell work????

Mayday!Mayday!

NO- The styker-B with stock brushed motor on a 3s lipo draws 14-16 amps, thats more than that lipo can handle

The styker-c with the brushless motor will draw around 20 amps, way more than that lipo can handle.

If you want to use a 3 cell lipo in a styker, it will have to handle between 20 to 30 amps or more. I say more, because you don't want to stress a lipo by using it at its maximum rating.

markzr7

Thanks
I bought 2 1250mah 10c lipo,s from common sense
for my helimax axe & superfly c.s. said it would work fine on the
stryker. I also spoke with the people at parkzone they said it will work
Are you sure on your info ?????
I would hate to fry my stryker
thank you

Kiiski

Your wouldn't fry your Stryker, you'd fry the batteries. 10C discharge on a 1250mAh battery is 12.5 amps. With the amps that BgCatfish1 has stated, you would be stressing the batteries too hard.
Kiiski

markzr7

THANKS
I'm not sure on all this
Parkzone & common sense seem like they would know
I'll call parkzone again & make sure on info

Gulliver

If you already have the batteries, I would go ahead and use them. They will probably tolerate more than 10C burst rate. At worst you will just shorten the cycle life of the Lipos.

Gulliver

Or if you can tolerate the weight you could just hook them up in parallel.

markzr7

Thanks
I may or may not try
I really wanted them for my heli & super fly
It seems I'm close to the edge
some say yes & some say no

Mayday!Mayday!

Mark- I wouldn't steer you wrong. I have built many strykers, well planes for that matter, and I can assure you if you are setup to draw more amps than the lipo can handle, it will be a very short life on the battery.
I do know common sense tests their own lipo's and states only what they do. I own several of them.
Go over to the stryker thread the- way past the limits, and ask those guys how many amps they are drawing and if your lipo will be ok. I already know this answer.

Keep in mind I am not trying to sell you anything, just telling you what I know by testing with watt meters. Hate to see that lipo swell up.

Another idea is to call Parkzone back and ask them if a 12.5 amp lipo is ok for the stryker- I would say you will get a different answer.

Good luck.

markzr7

Thank you
I'm going to get a bigger bat just for stryker
You were right. CS said maybe half juice flite
Again Thanks

Mayday!Mayday!

No problem- just glad you didn't lose a lipo. They get expensive.

kyle t

hey
i have a stock stryker b, and it seems really slow and under powered. does just upgrading to a lipo pack help that much with speed or anything?! or is it even worth upgrading when i can go buy a stryker c for 150 more dollars than the batteries?

Mayday!Mayday!

The brushed can motors on the stryker-B will wear out at a good rate, especially if you push them hard. When this happens, you start to lose speed and flying ability.
But- the good side to this is- the motors are only $9.00

Yes, using a lipo on the Stryker B will double your speed and ability. It's an awesome upgrade. However, look again at the sentence above.

The Stryker C has a brushless motor-meaning it does not have the brushes inside the can that wear out. This is one of the better things about brushless motors, with care they will last a very long time.
Also to boot- the C uses a 3 cell lipo.

kyle t

so if i buy a lipo pack for my stryker with a brushed motor, to get the best performance, i would probable only need to replace the motor? or does the esc, or servos go bad too?

Mayday!Mayday!

Everything goes bad at some point. I have found though, that the Parkzone 5 wire servos go bad quick and strip easy. Nothing lasts forever.

kyle t

ok thanks, i think im going to go to the LHS and get some spare parts and a lipo pack

kyle t

ok, i got a lipo pack and cant wait to fly with it, but do you have an aproxomate or estimated MPH i could expect with it?

kyle t

how exactly do you hook up the lipo battery to a stock stryker? there arnt any clear instructions in the oweners manual, or any at all!