Quote Originally Posted by daveimi View Post
have you bought the lipo yet?
I have, already been running it with the dodgy eBay controllers... Going to keep a hold of them and see if there's any way I can modify them later down the line (trying to find out who manufactures them, hopefully they'll have a way of reprogramming!) but I think I'll end up going with these BotBitz ones!

Would I need to add any sort of precautionary measure to, say, cut power if the drills were to stall so that the controllers don't toast themselves, or would they handle the amps? And would I be able to step it up to a 5000mAh 5s LiPo (or even 6s?) down the line? I seem to recall A123s being similar chemistry to LiPos, but just double-checking before I get some ordered!

Thanks for the help too everyone, still finding my feet with all the whole combat robotics thing!