Hi guys, I just finished off a 1/16th scale mato tiger I which I swapped out the stock electronics with the latest RC pack from taigen. The tank runs well on cement and pavement but off road the battery drains too fast. The tank will run, slow down then the sound system / electronics reboot and I need to hit the engine start up switch again. My guess is the extra weight of the model being all metal. For the battery I'm using my standard 7.2 5000mah Ni-MH battery. These work great in my other builds but again because of the weight I think it's not enough.

I was thinking on adding a second battery of the same type and hook them up in parallel to bump up the amps. Before I do this I had some questions.

1. will doing this burn or damage the taigen electronics,
2. Will I be able to charge both simultaneously with my battery charger.,
2. Will this even help with the tank's performance, as is this a amperage issue or is the tank's weight just too much for these electronics and the tank is hitting a fail safe when being under too much strain?