cobra198
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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 I'm 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. I'm thinking of doiung 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 I'm 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
So I just bought an RC18MT and this little thing is a blast (along with my first electric rc car)! I gotta say I'm 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. I'm thinking of doiung 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 I'm 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