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Originally Posted by f888fhw
What sort of run time would you expect from lipos and what on average is the charge time?
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You can easy run past 20 minutes with a fast motor if you wanted everything toasty, charge time is less than an hour, In fact if you are doing 5 minute races most slap the battery on charge after a race, 30/40 minutes later its full charged and ready to go, run all day on one battery no problems, as the last bit of charging is low amps you can pull them off charge 90% and not notice the difference. Yesterday we were running 2 heats on one charge. (charge at 1C, so 5000AmpHour at 5amps takes an hour, but you never fully discharge lipo, just topping up, a 'balance charge' takes slightly longer, not necessary every time).
Problem now is the cars have to much power, its all about setup and driving, you don't have to wonder if the other cars have 'better matched magic whatever' batteries, we all have shed loads of speed and power if needed, just have to keep it on the track.
Check threads on looking after lipo's, not difficult but different. And expect a
2012 approved BRCA lipo list soon.