jginsburg13

Hello all, I've recently returned to the awesomeness of RC car racing. I bought a Redcat Racing Tornado EPX Pro for Xmas! and have both loved and hated it. When it works, it is as fast as any car I can imagine. The battery it came with was terrible (2000 MaH NiMh), and would last only a few minutes before stalling with a red blinking LED on the ESC. After reading tons of advice, I went out and invested in a 5000 MaH 2S LiPo, got the correct balancing charger, and finally saw the potential of this car. It had so much power you could barely keep it from doing donuts and skidding out. Truly awesome. It was a pretty cold day, and there were snow banks along the side of the road. At one point the car skidded out of control and went directly into a snow bank. Shortly thereafter the ESC burst into flames and I lost all of the electronics in a big melted rubber heap.

not giving up I ordered new electronics, and got them Installed in the car working perfectly again. So here's my question: in the documentation for my 540 motor (3300kv) it says the battery specification for LiPo is only 3800 MaH. Was the fire problem due to me using a 5000 MaH LiPo or just due to the electronics (which were supposedly water proof) getting dunked in a snow bank? Do I need to maintain a limit of 3800 for LiPo, or can I get more runtime without worrying about another ball of flames?

please help. Thanks!

collector1231

My Feedback: (1)

Whatever you do, DO NOT get more Redcat elecs. The MaH has nothing on how much an ESC can handle. You could probably use a 8000 MaH battery with that ESC.

Assuming you need everything, here is what I would get;

ESC; http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...nsorless_.html
Motor; http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...st_3600kv.html
Servo; http://www.atomik-rc.com/Atomik-High...ear-Servo.html
Battery; http://www.atomik-rc.com/Bias-40C-2S...ategory=237942
Radio; http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...2Ch_Tx_Rx.html

phmaximus

The ESC burst into flames...... Are u sure it wasn't just smoke?