Doomking

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Hi
I was wondering if anyone has any idea how to build a starter pack.
We are starting a racing season in our club and I need something compact and portable to the flight line.

Any idea?
Thanks for all the help

jester_s1

I made one last year. Buy cells with tabs and solder positives to negatives until you have enough. It helps to glue them together before you start. Use some heat shrink to protect the pack afterwards and you're all set. You might check some of the battery vendors though. There will sometimes be 7.4 packs on sale for cheaper than you can buy the cells. Then it's just a simple rewire job to run the two in series for 14.8v nominal.

huck1199

If you are going to use Lipo cells you should wire in a balance tap for charging\balancing the cells.

Look here for wiring diagrams

http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/_lipo.html

The Ghost

I use a geared starter, powered with a 4cell 2500 Lipo installed in the ply case. Will start every thing I have from 15's to a 180 OS fs.

Cheers