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Is this the hottest of the 4 wheel drive electrics? I was reading x r/c cars and it looked like they used 6 cell nimh as they referred to it as reedy ib4200 battery pack. Is this car setup for li-po? And why didn't x r/c cars use li-po in the test, issue apr 2008? If li-po is the way to go, then why did they hold back in this test?
 
If I had ti guess it would be because of the battery configuration 3 cells on either side of the buggy more comonly known as a saddle pack, I have not seen a LiPo saddle pack but they may make one, I guess you 1 3.7v cell on each side if it would fit...hey i found one, http://www.roguerc.com/product.php?productid=41692, iguess they just used what they had on hand who knows???
 
Man your good! That would smoke the cells they used in the test. They were running right at 41 mph. So what will be the better car, this or the new Revo?
 
They were probably testing it right out of the box with a racing class brushed motor setup that many racers will run. My guess would be that since this buggy is more of a racer than a basher, they had it set up as it would be for racing. In a lot of the racing classes you are limited to what motors and batteries that you can run. I'm sure they had a stock or mod brushed system that woudln't handle LiPo. A lot of the tests are for real world conditions to be able to race and handle it, not for how much brute force power you can cram in it. As far as this being better than the revo, it depends on how you will be using it. If you're not going to be running strictly at the track, I would go with the revo. It's set up better to take a bashing. If you're strictly looking for something to race, the buggy definitely handles better on the track.
 
Actually it has an LRP brushless setup with their esc also. According to the add for the other batteries they provide more power at half the weight. If I was running this system I would want 3 cells Li-Po minimum.
 
oic, hmmm, I dunno then. I looked on the LRP website, and all of their ESC's listed, from what I could see, were only rated for 2 cell LiPo. 3 S LiPo is a lot, but you could probably run it for a very short period of time. If you wanted to run 11.1 volts a lot you might be better getting a different system But 2 cell LiPo with the right system will provide more power than you can use.
 
I think he was confusing the the 3 cells on each side in the saddle pack nimh 7.2 volt set up with the single lipo cell on each side of the car which as charlie said would be a 2 cell lipo 7.4 volt pack, but that would be your only two options as far as batteries go for buggy, also are you talking the new E-Revo or the Platinum Revo? either way IMO the the revo is going to better for over all fun but if you are going to be strictly raring go with the buggy but only if they have a 4WD class to race in...
 
The B44 is set up to be a racer. I think the reason XRC showed the buggy with the Reedy stuff is because that is what Associated sells.

I have the B44 and I am running 4200 NiMh cells in saddle formation. However one of the guys at the track is running the B44 with Lipo saddle packs from MaxAmps. I am not sure if they are 2S or 3S but he is also running a Novak GTB with the Velocity 4.5. The buggy is super fast, but because the Lipos are so light the car is off balance. You can add stick on weights to help with that though.
 
The B44 looks awesome, but I too was worried about the batteries, NiMh, pleeeaaase.
Thanks abad. Now you've shown me the lipo's. I have ordeed them, now for the car.....
Again thanks..
 

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