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Old 01-24-2009, 01:21 PM
cobra198 cobra198 is offline
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Rc18MT Thinking of going Lipo - Some questions!

Hey guys,

So I just bought an RC18MT and this little thing is a blast (along with my first electric rc car)! I gotta say im having a lot of fun with it, but of course its time to start upgrading. Was going to wait a bit, but heard about a sale that Castle Creations was having on the 4200kv motor. With a price tag of 20 bucks, I just couldnt pass it up.
Did a bit more research and just purchased a Tekmodel 18A ESC with programming card.
I am still running the stock battery but am thinking of venturing to lipo right off the bat. Im thinking of doing this because I am currently building up a 1/8 buggy that is going to be my first lipo rig. Because of this I am about to buy a lipo charger anyways and figured I may as well slap a lip in the RC18.

Now I have two questions:

Since the motor is only 4200kv, I was thinking of going with 3s to give me plenty of punch. I was wondering if anyone has recommendations. I was looking at the zippy packs on hobbycity (looks like that is what im going with for my 1/8th buggy) but was havin trouble telling which packs would fit in the 18mt without modification. Anyone using a zippy pack in there rc18 or should I go with something else?

Second question is about chargers. Since I will be running a 4s lipo in my 1/8th scale, I need a charger that will work well with that larger battery as well as with the rc18 battery. I was doing some research and it seems like the ICE and MRC Superbrains 989 were very popular and easy to use (since I am a lipo newb thats important). The only thing is that they are a bit pricey for my budget. If the charger is that superb maybe ill splurge for it, but was wondering if there are any alternatives that may be a but less expensive (say 80 dollar range).

Anyways, I would really appreciate your input! Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Cobra198
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Old 01-26-2009, 09:33 PM
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Well today I got the charger handled, but still need battery advice!
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Old 11-29-2009, 09:15 AM
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Hello

Well I am goign to be using my 3S lipos I use in my airplanes, in my 18T in the near future, they do not fit the best, but I will just mod it some use velcro, and dremel out the chassis a little for them to fit better. I have Rhino 1550 thru 1800mah 3S 20C lipos.
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