The "What did you buy today?" thread...

[STONER RC]

I had a bunch of award points at RCPlanet but I noticed last night, they did away with that. Unless I'm just not finding it.

Not that I can see:

"MyRewards - RC Planet - RC Planet" https://www.rcplanet.com/myrewards-rc-planet/i734
Got to love a little give back from place we spend so much $$$ at

 

[Tunedfrog]

I don't think this is was the same program. It used to be when you bought something, you get award points towards your next purchase. You could save the points up or cash them in each time.
Edit: I stand corrected, I found it, apparently I used them all..

 

[STONER RC]

Hmmm. Sorry I'm not sure. It's been this way for a while now. Going to look into that

 

[Doom!]

Edit: I stand corrected, I found it, apparently I used them all..

I hate when that happens!

 

[STONER RC]

I don't think this is was the same program. It used to be when you bought something, you get award points towards your next purchase. You could save the points up or cash them in each time.
Edit: I stand corrected, I found it, apparently I used them all..

Oh yeah that happens.

 

[HPIguy]

A Raven Eye Custom rimfire rim thickness gauge, Clockwise tools digital dial indicator, and an MTM 200rd rimfire ammo case.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Went to two hobby shops over in Boise today and didn't come home with a single item.

 

[Greywolf74]

Bought more lipos. a few of them are for testing and a few are just for my own use.

 

[WickedFog]

Bought more lipos. a few of them are for testing and a few are just for my own use.

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Are you going to attempt to test actual C rating? My buddy in the UK has been telling me all the batteries he has been testing aren't hitting their advertised C ratings by a long shot.

 

[Greywolf74]

Are you going to attempt to test actual C rating? My buddy in the UK has been telling me all the batteries he has been testing aren't hitting their advertised C ratings by a long shot.

Yup, I already have the tool to test true C ratings and so far none of them (I've only tested 3 or 4 batteries so far) test higher than about 26C. The one that tests 26C is a SMC pack thats supposedly rated 120C. The only other packs I've tested that claim to be 50 and 60C test around the 21-24C mark depending on the pack

 

[Chubaka]

Bought more lipos. a few of them are for testing and a few are just for my own use.

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Interested in what you say about the graphene. I got the 3s 5200 and I like it. My last 3 batteries, lectron pro 5000, twice the price of the smc.

 

[Greywolf74]

Interested in what you say about the graphene. I got the 3s 5200 and I like it. My last 3 batteries, lectron pro 5000, twice the price of the smc.

I gotta finish building my high current discharger and then I'm going to start full fledged testing. Work has been crampin' my style here lately and I've either not had the time to work on it or I just havent felt like it.

 

[WickedFog]

Yup, I already have the tool to test true C ratings and so far none of them (I've only tested 3 or 4 batteries so far) test higher than about 26C. The one that tests 26C is a SMC pack thats supposedly rated 120C. The only other packs I've tested that claim to be 50 and 60C test around the 21-24C mark depending on the pack

That is about the same results as he has been getting. He said some have been "not bad" and others have been pure dogchit. He told me about a Chinese company he has been buying from that sells LiPo's really cheap, and they still sell duds every now and then, but the cost savings and the fact that he gets some batteries that are really good makes up for it. This is a guy that has enough batteries to put a hole in the Earth if they ever went bad all at once lol.

 

[Chubaka]

I gotta finish building my high current discharger and then I'm going to start full fledged testing. Work has been crampin' my style here lately and I've either not had the time to work on it or I just havent felt like it.

Completely understandable. I go through periods of the same.

 

[Greywolf74]

That is about the same results as he has been getting. He said some have been "not bad" and others have been pure dogchit. He told me about a Chinese company he has been buying from that sells LiPo's really cheap, and they still sell duds every now and then, but the cost savings and the fact that he gets some batteries that are really good makes up for it. This is a guy that has enough batteries to put a hole in the Earth if they ever went bad all at once lol.

GenAce was like that when they first hit the scene. I had to warranty replace about 1 out of every 4 lipos I got from them but in the beginning they were very inexpensive.

I just ordered 4 more lipos for testing. While I have graphine lipos for my own personal use I hadnt bought any to test so I bought an SMC graphine pack, an SMC SRD pack, a Turnigy nano tech pack and a Turnigy graphine pack. I figured I should have a couple graphine samples in the mix as well as one "high end" pack in the SRD pack. That one is supposed to be 150C. If I dont destroy it maybe I can use it for drag racing next year lol. The nano tech battery was just for comparison cuz I have a regular Turnigy and now Ill have the nano tech and the graphine for comparison.

 

[WickedFog]

GenAce was like that when they first hit the scene. I had to warranty replace about 1 out of every 4 lipos I got from them but in the beginning they were very inexpensive.

I just ordered 4 more lipos for testing. While I have graphine lipos for my own personal use I hadnt bought any to test so I bought an SMC graphine pack, an SMC SRD pack, a Turnigy nano tech pack and a Turnigy graphine pack. I figured I should have a couple graphine samples in the mix as well as one "high end" pack in the SRD pack. That one is supposed to be 150C. If I dont destroy it maybe I can use it for drag racing next year lol. The nano tech battery was just for comparison cuz I have a regular Turnigy and now Ill have the nano tech and the graphine for comparison.

You need to start a gofundme for doing this

 

[Doom!]

Work has been crampin' my style here lately and I've either not had the time to work on it or I just havent felt like it.

Man, this is my life right now!

 

[Tunedfrog]

Five out of eight mounting holes are stripped on the Tmax..

 

[WickedFog]

Five out of eight mounting holes are stripped on the Tmax..

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Gotta love plastic. Do you have any old sprue material? Melt some down with acetone (nail polish remover)...
Dab that into the holes to shrink them back up.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Sounds like a good fix but to be perfectly honest, if I take it all apart "which is a pain in the arse" , then I'm using a new one...
It was cheap and on the way.