Demon Power 5000mah LIPO

[Eddie168]

Got my Demon power products 5000mah LIPO today it doesn't look attractive as the orion ones lol great price for a 5000mah lipo tho and it fit perfectly on my Durga. Gonna charge them up tonight and give a little blast tmr and see what happens

[ashleyb4]

Is it hard cased how much was it????????????

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[DCM]

Ash, try http://demonpowerproducts.co.uk/prod...oducts_id=2272

The only downside is that they are only 20A discharge rate and not 25, wonder how much they differ.

[Eddie168]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

Is it hard cased how much was it????????????

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YES it is hard case indeed

[Eddie168]

Originally Posted by DCM

Ash, try http://demonpowerproducts.co.uk/prod...oducts_id=2272

The only downside is that they are only 20A discharge rate and not 25, wonder how much they differ.

wat is discharge rate? i don't think you need to discharge for lipo batteries do you?

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by Eddie168

wat is discharge rate? i don't think you need to discharge for lipo batteries do you?

No you dont, that is how much the battery can be drained by, the normal high powered RC car ones are around 25c (125A for this battery) but this being only 20c you can only drain 100A out of it in use so it potentially could limit accelaration ect.

[Eddie168]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

No you dont, that is how much the battery can be drained by, the normal high powered RC car ones are around 25c (125A for this battery) but this being only 20c you can only drain 100A out of it in use so it potentially could limit accelaration ect.

Oh i see cheers mate but for 50 quid i don't think this is a bad choice tho

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by Eddie168

Oh i see cheers mate but for 50 quid i don't think this is a bad choice tho

Niether do i, its an awesome price but im not buying it till LiPo is legal for offroad as that pack wont fit in my TC without modification (which im not doing because my TC is new) so its not really worth it for me yet (need a balancer for my charger aswell).

[sly]

i bet you will get awesome speed out it with only three wheels on your?

[ashleyb4]

Cool thanks may have to get one ot have a toy with when funds allow me.

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[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Niether do i, its an awesome price but im not buying it till LiPo is legal for offroad as that pack wont fit in my TC without modification (which im not doing because my TC is new) so its not really worth it for me yet (need a balancer for my charger aswell).

you dont need a balancer its not a nesecity, it just helps the life span, i know of a pack that did over 100 hard cycles and it took less than one min to balance back to original

i tried a 20c pack over my 30c and i did notice a lack of punch on high grip,

for a bit extra you can have 30C peak which is becoming the norm www.trakpower.co.uk

[josh_smaxx]

I have heard of not needing a balancer but im one for safety and my dad is VERY weary of LiPo's as it is, he's not going to let me near one if im not using a balancer

[Mr X]

i got 2 of these but they are made by yuntong. they work very well and the 20c rate is ok since the mamba max is a 100amp esc and it wont allow more then 100 amps to go through to the motor. even with the 100amps and a novak 8.5 motor my car is very fast and powerful.

http://rcbuy.vstore.ca/

this is where i get mine from, they are canadian so it works for me

[ashleyb4]

Mark is there any mroe news/ pics of the trackpower saddle pack lipo ideally i would like saddle pack.

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[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

I have heard of not needing a balancer but im one for safety and my dad is VERY weary of LiPo's as it is, he's not going to let me near one if im not using a balancer

balancer does not make charging safer, a proper lipo charger does that

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

Mark is there any mroe news/ pics of the trackpower saddle pack lipo ideally i would like saddle pack.

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not yet ash ive sent a mail to try to find out for you

[ashleyb4]

thanks mark

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[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

balancer does not make charging safer, a proper lipo charger does that

Really? sorry for going off topic but i thought it was vital to have a balancer. So my pro peak sigma that can charge LiPo would be fine charging at 1C?

[mark christopher]

yes your charger alone will be fine MAKE sure its on lipo mode is the most important thing, lipos go wrong when they are discharged too low, or over charged with the wrong charger

a balance just keeps the internal cells similar/the same in charge, as i said if you can afford one get one, but its not a necesity

[Eddie168]

Originally Posted by sly

i bet you will get awesome speed out it with only three wheels on your?

LOL well spotted i was chnaging the supension ball on my car then my lipo came so i decided to leave it for now and have a mess around wth the lipo lol

[Mr X]

i was told that lipos need to be balanced after about 6 months and even then its not that necessary. the orion and peak racing lipos dont need to be balanced at all.