I went to an Army surplus store and got a $5 50 cal ammo can, and popped a couple holes in it for the charge leads.
Works great for both charging and storage!!!

I'm still NiMH 'cause my first set of lipos should be here tomorrow!

You know that im still on nimh... For now

well yeah i knew you still were lol. the majority of people though, use lipo.....and soon i will be one of them

I used to use LiPo but I got into Life because they seemed safer.  So far no issues using either, but you must use common sense with any battery.

yeah. i was going to use life, but then some reviews on the turnigy lifes were like "pack came puffed, pack puffed in 5 cycles, all of the cells were at 0.00v, this thing won't balance." thats why i am now leaning towards lipo again.

I'm still running duracells! But my NexSTAR has a 5 cell NiMH pack, so I 'spose it's time to grab a hump pack for the TC3 as well. Gonna need a charger for those anyways.

yeah. wait you have all nitros? i always thought you had an electric.

Ill admit i was hesitant about lipo's before i bought mine. But after seeing how much better they hold up, how much longer they last, and how much more power they provide while not even getting warm, im a fan now. Just be safe storing and charging them and you shouldnt have a problem.

yeah thats what i am feeling right now. i am very hesitant at getting lipos. i know about the safety required, im just very hesitant....

Yup. Well, the runners are all nitro. But they need batteries too. Nobody has thought to embed some magnets in the flywheel, throw a coil behind it, and power the receiver and servos that way...


The Mini-Z and Mini-T may be electric but they're hardly functional. Hell I don't even know where the Mini-Z is at the moment.

Lol the only nimh that I had was the one that came with my traxxas slash. It's been lipo since then. <div>You don't need a ammo case to charge lipos; people who do that just want to look cool. Lipos are great, you can't have a brushless car without one!</div>

yeah they are pretty amazing!!! i just do not like the short runtimes of NIMH.

lol. well that would be good if they didn't need batteries. thats just extra weight added...not to mention all the weight from the engine already.
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Replace batteries with alternator > weight penalty nullified. 'Long as the engine is running you have power, and mechanical means will get the car to a safe stop if it stalls.


Though if I designed it the option would exist to continue to use batteries. I would. But then again I don't race so a couple extra ounces doesn't bother me at all.

yeah same here. i was just putting it out there for a reason why batteries should be eliminated in nitros.

NOOOOOOO! don't bring electronics in to nitro motors! So much more to go wrong, not to mention the amount of power it would take to actually turn the alternator
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actually, that would be bad. first your electronics go bad, then the engine itself, then your looking at an expensive fix.

AA's and 9volt's for me... Well I do have a couple of cars for the grand kids to bash!

Still using NiCad and NiMh

When I buy a new charger I'll upgrade to one that will handle Lipo's.

...really? A few neodymium magnets the size of a hearing aid battery, three inches of wire and two diodes is "so much more to go wrong"?


If that's the case then why is there such a system currently on the market for aircraft? Aircraft are WAAAAAY more sensitive to weight than our cars are and if something flails they tend to turn into confetti. Yet, a system extremely similar to what I'm describing is available and selling well enough to warrant a 150 dollar price tag.

oh well thats not much electronics. guess it would work.

Not in my bigger/glow conversions I use A123s!

Cans not bags and much more tollerant to our kind of use.

Also, they can be recharge very quickly while in the plane, and only need a "balance" once in a while.

I either use my 5020 MasTech Power supply @ 20amps; or "Zip" charge: 1 Pb = 3S, 2 Pb = 6S (my .46s), 3Pb 9/10S (1/4 Cub & Groovey).

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I still run nimh humpbacks in my cars. No lipos. My Futaba 3PM transmitter runs a 1100 mah, 9.6v nicd. My OFNA blue top starter box runs a 12v motorcycle battery.

But I'd like to run them to power the electronics in my Jammin X1X buggy and Jammin X2 truggy, as well as my Futaba 3PM. What Lipos would I need to get this done and would any of them need regulators or something like that?

Absolute dunce when it comes to lipos really.

Thanks

TommyGun... you use a 3S 11.1 lipo in most TX's. I love the one in my 3PMFASST. I go 5-6 months without having to recharge, and ive still never seen it drop below 11v. I use a CommonSenseRC 2800mah 3S pack.


No electric vehicles for me to use LiPo's. Though, i have successfully used them as RX packs (2S regulated to 6v) and of course TX packs.

wait so you use these in your plane to fly them?


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