Using Lipo at a club meeting

[markwilliamson2001]

Has anyone yet used a Li-Po 5000/4900 mAh Li-Po pack at a meeting in a 2wd brushless off-road buggy? How many 5 minute runs could I expect to do on one pack before recharging? I am definately looking at buying one for club meetings, since it would make my life a lot easier on friday nights..

We currently do 5 runs on a pack (1 Practice, 3 heats and a final). Would one fully charged pack do this, or would it require re-charging on the night?

Hope someone can answer my questions.

Thanks
Mark

[markwilliamson2001]

Bump... anyone??

Cheers
Mark

[bondy]

I use a lipo in my xxxcr a trak power 4900 ! it takes out around 1050 mah per run at worksop with a lrp 7.5 brushless system . that figure would also depend on driving style and capability. I always top mine up between runs takes about 1/2 hour. Club nights were there is only about 20 mins between runs I use 2 lipo's. remember dont let it get below 6v ! performance on the 3rd ish run wouldnt be as good as on fresh charged pack ! Its the future ! and its here now !

[markwilliamson2001]

Cheers mate, thanks for the hint.. I was hoping to get away with one pack, but might just get some cheap cells for club instead which would be cheaper!

Thanks
Mark

[bondy]

Originally Posted by markwilliamson2001

Cheers mate, thanks for the hint.. I was hoping to get away with one pack, but might just get some cheap cells for club instead which would be cheaper!

Thanks
Mark

is charging a problem ? you would probably only have to do it once ?

[markwilliamson2001]

Yes only around 15-20 minutes between rounds and virtually no power in the hall where we race due to it being a sports hall.

Might investigate power and see if others want to run li-po as well, then maybe we could get some extensions going!!

Cheers
Mark

[Chris Green]

Hi Mark, only just noticed this post.

There is usually power available at Leominster. We all use 12v power supplies. There are only 4 power sockets available, but we use extension leads from these. From these sockets, we've ran enough power for nationals and large open meetings etc, so it shouldn't be a problem at all.

Chris B, Steve D, Wez, Cris Oxley, and me (& my "Family"), all use power, plus quite a few others, so if you bring an extension lead, someone will have a spare socket I'm sure.