RE: LIPO problems noob in training
If you've already bought those other lipos, that's fine, they are more capable than your puffed one, however PLEASE do gear down a couple of teeth, it won't kill your top speed but it may just save your battery if for some funky reason your system is over drawing the lipos and give you just that more better runtimes, and cooler running.
As for the genius bashing everyone on this forum who gives lipo advice. granted there are newbies who try to help other newbies with wrong information, but for the most part, on this particular thread everyone's suggestions have been valid for the topic and question. There's always 100 reasons for something to go wrong, you just eliminate the variables and try to find the cause as best as possible. We're not all lipo fan boys, I wouldn't mind using Nimh if they didn't crap out on me every 2 months just sitting or being used and overheating so easily on brushed motors alone, from cheap to $50 packs.