what am i doing wrong??

[swarmjt]

le tme know if you see it.. i would love to read the article

 

[newviennajj]

FYI your rambling bickering like old women is actually helpful to me/us....carry on.

 

[RC Addict]

:argue:

FYI your rambling bickering like old women is actually helpful to me/us....carry on.

Still looking for the battery article I was referring to but the above post should back me up in the meantime! LOL! ^^^^

 

[swarmjt]

FYI your rambling bickering like old women is actually helpful to me/us....carry on.

wtf????

Maybe it was in Car Action... I'll go look through my stack of rags and see if I can find it. Hell, it could even be in Driver. I read all three so maybe I am confused so please EXCUSE ME IF I WAS INCORRECT as to which mag it was in. Jeez... I do remember it was a story about getting your rig prepped for winter storage. Someone back me up so I can ditch swarmjt's noobie tag.

In Xtreme this Dec issue--"If it has NiMH cells in it you should leave it with a bit of charge and even put a slight bit of charge in it every few months so it doesn't drain fully."

So there!

i was referring to me as a newbie.. not you

 

[RC Addict]

wtf????

I have no clue either...

wtf????



i was referring to me as a newbie.. not you

Oh, well I will wear the noob tag till I can find that damn article! Till then carry on my friend! Hope you get your battery situation solved!

 

[newviennajj]

what is the best bang for the buck?

 

[RC Addict]

what is the best bang for the buck?

Referring to?

 

[swarmjt]

i am so lost

 

[Rolex]

Knock off the violence or I'll KILL you. All of you.

 

[swarmjt]

Knock off the violence or I'll KILL you. All of you.

wtf?? i am so confused now

 

[RC Addict]

i am so lost

RC Car Action Oct 2001:

STORAGE

Q: Should I store my packs charged or discharged?

A: For best performance, store Ni-Cds fully discharged. If you store them charged, they will gradually bleed voltage until they're depleted, and the pack will be very "flat" until you revive it with a few charge/discharge cycles.

NiMH battery care and maintenance

On the other hand, NiMH packs should be stored charged. They don't have to be fully charged; 40 percent is enough. You can store them discharged, but performance will suffer until the pack is cycled.

JD: "Keep your packs in a cool, dry place when you're not using them; a weekend in the trunk of your car in summertime is far more harmful to your packs than a full year in a box under your bed.'

Q: How long can I store my packs without damaging them or reducing their performance?

A: You can store Ni-Cds for a year or more with no damage, but you will want to cycle the pack for best performance when you're ready to start running them again.

No one has an answer yet to the long-long-term NiMH-storage question, but it isn't a problem to store packs for the duration of the off-season. Store the packs charged, cycle 'em before you race 'em, and they'll be fine.

You may have heard rumors about NiMH packs "going bad" on the dealer's shelf because they sat uncharged. It's a myth, and there's no need to worry about buying a "fresh" NiMH pack. All Trinity packs are sold with some voltage in them, and even if "dead," a NiMH pack will perform at maximum capacity after a few charge/discharge cycles.

Copyright Air Age Publishing Oct 2001
Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved

 

[newviennajj]

referring to batt. should i get a couple of nimh or 1 lipo ? i was planning on 2 or 3 3800 or better nimh packs which should be equal in cost to lipo.

 

[RC Addict]

referring to batt. should i get a couple of nimh or 1 lipo ? i was planning on 2 or 3 3800 or better nimh packs which should be equal in cost to lipo.

If you have a brushless system LiPo is the way to go. On a stock motor I would (and do) run the NiMH batteries for the best "bang for your buck". I like the idea of LiPo's bit for bashing I would rather have three good sport packs charged up and ready to go for about an hour of bashing fun!

 

[swarmjt]

rc driver 2001... very recent issue.. wonder why i missed it

 

[newviennajj]

thanx addict I'm new to elec and all the brushless and lipo tech talk but I'm about to work a saturday and buy a slash and i want to have max fun with min wrench. my t-maxx is causing me way too much heartache and cash.

palamalu is a bad S.O.B.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RC Addict]

rc driver 2001... very recent issue.. wonder why i missed it

Still not the article I was referring to but what I found online...

 

[swarmjt]

thanx addict I'm new to elec and all the brushless and lipo tech talk but I'm about to work a saturday and buy a slash and i want to have max fun with min wrench. my t-maxx is causing me way too much heartache and cash.

palamalu is a bad S.O.B.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have a slash (obviously) and with a 7 cell and stock it is super fast!!! it keeps up with some of my nitros

 

[newviennajj]

what you have is my goal.

 

[swarmjt]

i got a 4200 nimh 7 cell venom battery on ebay for $40 shipped to my door.. got a 5000nimh venom 7 cell for about the same price..

 

[newviennajj]

thats what I'm talkin bout