Ceros batt ideas

[adz600]

Ceros is still in many pieces but plans are in motion would like to gauge all hw roboters ideas on this problem, how much power is drawn in an average fight.

lipo batt packs 22.2v 8000mah from hobby king £80ish
2x 12v 5000mah nimh packs (35amp draw)very low £90ish
sla £** all sizes shapes and prices

so the problem, i want to use lipo batteries but the autocut off function i would build in myself in the control line. or just use two lipos togeather ie 16000 mah

but dont really wont to have to baby sit them in pits just sounds boring, i like to walk and chat

any suggestions

[adz600]

or these look good not sure on max draw would expect 50ish amp
http://www.all-battery.com/20pcsofdP...teries904.aspx

[team_mute]

Were going to run Mute and Bonk on the Optipower batteries, seem pretty good and as Alan says nice price with 30% off

These are ones weve gone for http://www.optipower.co.uk/Catalogue...cat=131&cnode=

We currently use the A123 in Mute and they do fine with the LEMS but the lipos will be much better

[adz600]

its a good point, just my turnigy in my hpi blitz goes out of ballance. but might give them ago they are cheap.
just looking at all the options before spending cash.

[maddox10]

That is why we opt for the Hobbyking products. Affordable compared to European resellers.
After all, in most cases, the stuff is just rebatched premium quality controlled product from the same factory somewere in China.

[Mouldy]

Your using lems in a high class of heavyweight... Don't cheap out and use rubbish lipos you will only regret buying... Most hobbyking lipos are indeed re branded cheap stuff... Optipower / thunderpower packs are in a different class... There's a reason people in other hobbys such as rc heli's etc stear clear of hobbyking lipos! Eventually people on here will learn to do the same.

[blazerbotics]

Kronic will be switching to the Optipower ones Mute are using.

[maddox10]

With a RoboteQ AX 2550 in Ceros, the max amp draw is not even close to the "hobby-amperes" of the more affordable LiPo's or LiFePo4's,with enough Ah capacity to keep a heavy going for a full fight. (not counting damage and shorts, what should be solved by a well chosen fuze.)
For example. A Zippy 4200mAh LiFePo4 is rated 30c cont 40c burst. 4200mah is on the very very low end of the Ah needed in a heavy. So 2 in parallel to get 8400mAh. Even taking in account the "optimistic" amps you can draw from it, and degrading those to 20C packs , you still have 168A to play with.


Team RCC is happy with the Zippy LiFePo4's in Bullfrog. What can I say more?

[leorcc]

I'm willing to bet that over 80% of our RC pilots on the airfield I fly at use Hobbyking stuff, lipos, ESC's, motors and all. The same is true of most of the RC offroad racers in the Truggy and buggy cups 1/10 and 1/8th scale. Most run either Gens Ace or Turnigy, and that is mainly because Zippy has only few hardcases at the moment which are mandatory at the races.

[adz600]

opti power look good, 5000mah 6s about £69 or flight power as used by big nipper not sure on the packs but, 4000mah 25c at £42.96
heard good things about flight power batt also