I am planning on doing a battery pack replacement on my Maxx. Question is, what is the difference in 1200 mAh and 2500 mAh as far as performance? There is a $12 difference so I assume the 2500 is better, but why?
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If your looking at just the numbers, The higher the they are the longer they will last under a load.
racin_38
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longer times bewteen charges for 1 which means more power
SVORay
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If you don't have the extra coin for the 2500mah pack, the 1200mah pack should do fine. I got a stock Revo w/dual servos and it does fine with a 1200mah pack. The twin servos use twice as much juice as one servo which the Tmaxx only has one. Let us know how it goes when you make the swap because I'm thinking about talking my friend into doing this set up also. It's a lot easier charging batteries on one of these trucks than replacing them all the time 
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kurt_02f150
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What voltage battery pack do you use?
i bought my tmaxx used and this came in the box. Can i use these or is there a specific battery pack for our receiver?? (i have a futuba receiver if that matters.
or do i need this
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLNY9&P=7
i bought my tmaxx used and this came in the box. Can i use these or is there a specific battery pack for our receiver?? (i have a futuba receiver if that matters.
or do i need this
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLNY9&P=7
I don't think so, kurt. Those look like 8-cell stick packs with Deans connectors. I don't think they'd fit into the battery box or plug into the RX. Those are something you'd use in an E-Maxx.
racin_38
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http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHUJ3&P=7
this is what you need ,a 6v 2x3 hump pack ,not the inline 6v
and like monkey siad they are for a emaxx i am sure because they will not even work with your ex-start unless you switch back to a tamiya plug
this is what you need ,a 6v 2x3 hump pack ,not the inline 6v
and like monkey siad they are for a emaxx i am sure because they will not even work with your ex-start unless you switch back to a tamiya plug
I have a feeling the 2400Mah pack will be to big to fit anywhere comfortably. Most receiver packs are made out of cells that are called 2/3 A I believe. The most I've seen out of a 2/3 A is 1200 or 1400. There just isn't enough battery in a 2/3A to get that kind of Mah rating. Normal AA sized cells can get that high though. So can sub-c sized sells (little smaller than a standard alkiline C cell).
I run 2100 NiMH packs that I made myself out of AA's. They take up quite a bit more room than a 2/3 A cell. They are fatter around, but are shorter than a AA cell.
NiMH AA:
NiMH 2/3A:
NiMH sub-C:
NiMH C:
It's hard to see the difference in size between a C and sub-C via a picture, but it's noticable side by side.
I run 2100 NiMH packs that I made myself out of AA's. They take up quite a bit more room than a 2/3 A cell. They are fatter around, but are shorter than a AA cell.
NiMH AA:
NiMH 2/3A:
NiMH sub-C:
NiMH C:
It's hard to see the difference in size between a C and sub-C via a picture, but it's noticable side by side.
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SIRMAXXALOT
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bought one from onlybatterypacks.com and I love it, I bought the big one with charge jack and LED's...I thought it might be a little big for a race rig but it has a ton of run time and punch so it has worked out awsome, the one I bought mounted in place of the battery box but the glue fell off the mount so I zipped it to the front shock tower and it distributed the weight really nice.