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Old 01-28-2014 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by flyinwalenda
Yes they do. The internal resistance rises when they are cold and in turn they don't perform as well. Keep them in your pocket along with a chemical hand warmer and that will help a little.
Thanks for the quick response.
The performance dive happens during use. At these temps, I'm turning on the ESC and mounting the body in the house, then stepping out and letting it loose.
I did notice that this battery isn't getting warm enough to melt any of the snow that gets on it, so I wouldn't doubt its cooling too much. Heck, even the motor and ESC where not melting any snow that got on them. Unfortunately the tallest gearing I have is 26/76 on this rustler, so I can't push it any harder.