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Mr.kenchan, regarding your question about lipo battery....

the best brand on the market is ORCA, however, it is better to first understand the purpose, if it is for leisure, then you will like to go for capacity than discharge current (the "C" #)

if you are using more racing/ competition, then you go for the discharge current# than the capacity.

nowadays, a regular pack, is usually 7.4v 30c 5000mah, for racing, we usually use 7.4v 80c and 7400 mah.

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thanks, mr. alcheng, and thanks to the team for posting my question to mr.alcheng's thread! :tup:

this is just for leisure, so the 7.4v 30c 5000mah should do the trick for me.
i read most can only 75-100 cycles per life. is that correct? :ugh: that's very short lifecycle compared to nicd's where i've cyclc'ed them literally hundreds of times already. :D i wonder if ORCA has a longer lifespan..

very nice! :tup:

im almost done for the rest of the yr. :p returning on the first monday.

lol'ed at this ad:
http://www.the370z.com/misc-items-sa...5-40-19-a.html

new tires! :tup:

well... 'nearly new' :p

well... '90% new' :ugh:

well... pict shows not so new... :ugh2:

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guys this is my new gf :D

... well not new new, lightly used. :icon17:

... well ok, she's not really dat young either :ugh:

... well ok, she's kinda fat too.. :ugh2:

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:p

im going to get reported.... :ugh:

Shall I do that for you Mr. Kenchan :tup::tiphat:


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you should be able to do 100+ cycle on the pack, depends on how do you cycle the pack, since the a regular motor doesn't give too much load to the ESC and battery pack, thus its lifespan should be pretty long...

regarding comparing to nicd, the main difference is the capacity, battery memory and ease of maintenance, if you take those facts into consideration, you will find the lipo battery is a much better battery...

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Z1 2 piece rotors and SPL front end link install today...

http://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/h...88361187_o.jpg

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thanks mr.alcheng. i definitely like the fact that most lipos are 5000mah, balance charge, and appears to have a more constant drain and voltage than nicd. are lipo's lighter in weight too? that would also be a :tup:

i still use these 15yr old side by side nicd that i assembled for my rc and place it on those ancient analog discharger/conditioner after each run to balance the cells individually.. most of them are high-end cells i bought so the individual cells are matched and charge/discharge almost identically.

this is one of the reasons why my nicds last forever, and use charge rate no more than 3.25A for 2000mAh.

those shotgun style sport packs (nicd and nimh) suck. can't discharge the stronger cells to balance with the weaker cells, so i could never get a solid charge on all the cells. :ugh:

speaking of forever, my G's battery is still the factory one from 2004. :icon17:

nice endlink! :tup:

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that endlink looks like the power grids i use on my G. :D

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actually i take that back. powergrid use THK ball joints. :icon17:

THK Ball Links - Powergrid, Inc.

yours have those conal isolators or mounts or watever they're called and looks much nicer :tup:

SPL over-engineers their stuff. I say this is a good way.

:tup: yah, im trying to remember where i saw that conal mount piece... i know i had it on one of my cars. haha

wife's making us carobnara tonight :yum:

Perhaps it was on your 1973 Chevy Vega

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and i like the fact that you or your son who installed the piece didn't deform that nut on top of the conal piece. :tup:

really ruins the experience when you're under there and see nuts and stuff scratched from poor installation and choice of tools. :D

:rofl2: you mean camaro! :mad:


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whenever i see cars with plier marks on nuts and fasteners, i frikken LOL :rofl2:

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scratched lug bores on expensive wheels another LOL :facepalm:

taffyapple trying to fit into a size zero.. LOL :facepalm:

prius drivers LOL :facepalm:

I went to a Chinese buffet for lunch on Wednesday in Arkansas. I never felt so thin and smart in all my life.

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Exactly.


Be freaking careful.


:tup::tiphat: colin obviously cares. :happydance:

:gtfo2: :rofl2: you are awesome. :icon17:

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Colin did the work on this one. He is very careful and takes pride in the details. I also asked him to wipe down the inner fender plastic pieces with Adams Undercarriage detailing stuff. He did.