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which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/12/2007 3:47:11 AM

jmann71

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so i am looking to switch up to LiPo's for my axe. getting retired of the short run times. looking for recommendations or any advice.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/12/2007 6:33:48 PM

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I have the DN's

1150
3s
11.1
15c

I drilled new holes to mount the canopy foreward

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/12/2007 6:44:43 PM

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I'm running a great planes 11.1v 910mah pack.. the one recommended...

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/13/2007 4:13:57 AM

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ThunderPower 1320's. I have 3 of them. Dymond RC has new 1300's with 20C discharge at a good price.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/13/2007 6:02:30 PM

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I am running the recommended Great Planes pack as well. Fits perfectly, works great. Just a side note as well, They originally recommended a normal cell. They now recommend a balanced LiPo pack, and I use 2 of them.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/13/2007 6:10:52 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: DUSTINNEWTON

I am running the recommended Great Planes pack as well. Fits perfectly, works great. Just a side note as well, They originally recommended a normal cell. They now recommend a balanced LiPo pack, and I use 2 of them.

two of the 910 packs at the same time?

how do you do that?

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/13/2007 11:40:38 PM

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I'm running a Thunder Power TP1320. Works great. Need to get a couple more. Hmm...Christmas coming...eureka!

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/19/2007 3:28:41 PM

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Running Common Sense 11.1v 1250 @$26.95. Good battery and price, plus their tech support is great.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/19/2007 5:33:10 PM

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What are the advantages and disadvantages in using the Common sense 11.1v 3 cell Lithium Polymer 2100mAh? The higher the mAh means what? Can I use a higher voltage Batt?

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/20/2007 1:12:51 AM

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quote:

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What are the advantages and disadvantages in using the Common sense 11.1v 3 cell Lithium Polymer 2100mAh? The higher the mAh means what? Can I use a higher voltage Batt?

mAh is basically the same as gallons of gas in a tank. Too many MAh though and it's too heavy. As far as voltage, you're gona want to stay with the 3s lipo battery. More than that will be really hard on the motors.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/20/2007 1:46:21 AM

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I just got 4 1500 mah lipos for my axe. I will let you know how well they do when I get them.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/20/2007 8:48:07 PM

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I've also been in the market for some Lipo packs since my last post "Fried LiPo anyone?". I did some research on the web and came up with some vendors and prices:

Great Planes BP 910: (Tower Hobbies 27.99)

Thunder Power 1320: (RC Hobbies Online 54.95) (Hobby Zone 54.95) (RC Hobbies 53.99) (Hobby Lobby 52.90) (Aero Micro 47.65)

Common Sense RC 1250 10C: (RC Hobbies 26.95) (Common Sense 26.95)

Common Sense RC 1100 15C: (Common Sense RC 28.95)

DN 3S 1350: (LiPo Stuff 36.95)

Of the 5 packs listed which would you say is the best bang for the buck??

Ted

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/20/2007 8:53:06 PM

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I've had good luck with the csrc packs, but I haven't got any of the other packs, so I couldn't really say =) I've got probably close to 150 cycles on my csrc packs.

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/21/2007 12:04:48 AM

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Although I had an issue with one of the batteries

, I've had great luck with the Mega-Power 15c 11.1v 1350mah Lipo's from Helidirect

.
Priced reasonably at $27.95, I've got 3 of them, with the replacement pack on its way from HD which will make 4. Enough for about 1hr of fly time. It's the time waiting for the charging cycle to finish (2hrs per pack) that's the torture

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RE: which size lipo's for axe cp - 9/21/2007 11:48:22 AM

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hey guys, thanks for all the replies on the