best battery to use for drifting
 

what kind and type of battery should last long enough for fun filled drifting? im currently using a venom 3300 nimh battery and a racers edge sp3000. i want to get another battery so i can drift for a long time. any suggestions?

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

Just charge your batteries at like 2.0 amps and you'll get great runtimes. Or if you want, and have the money, you can get the Yokomo or IB 4200maH packs.

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

damn they make 4200!? how long does it take for the batterys to charge at 2 amps for the 3000 ones

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

Maybe half an hour or so.

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

3K NiMh's @ 2A will take between 1 to 1.5 hours depending on how discharged they are

You can even get 4300's now ;)

Kev

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

how long will play time be?

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

About 1 minute of runtime per 100maH of battery capacity. Damn, how many times hsa this been asked?

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

what about charging at one amp

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

1 amp charging will give you a lack of punch.

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

You won't properly charge the pack at anything below 2A, just get 2 or 3 packs of 3700's which you can get for about 25 bucks a pack and charge them at 4A

Punch is the least of your problems if you're drifting on plastic, punch is for grip racers

Anything above 4A will see a slight increase in punch and a slight decrease in runtime but will reduce your cells lifetime - NiMh's DON'T LIKE HEAT ;)

Kev

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

I charge my cells @ 5 amps when I race spec class. That way, the cells will get used to the demands of a hotter motor. But 2-4 amps will do you just fine.

I find that punch is somewhat important when wanting to use the throttle to change angle and attitude mid-drift. Sure, if you're full throttle most of the time, it won't really matter, but I'm just picky like that.

RE: best battery to use for drifting
 

i use 3300 nimh and they last about one hour on full drift ... not bad at all ... i charge them at 4amps ...