Battery decision - Advice please

[Andy-j.smith6]

Hi guys

Bought my son a FTX Vantage Brushed, to see if he would get into racing. Its looking like he will and he should soon be good enough to go racing.

The vantage comes with a 1800mAh nimh, which I charge using the charger I already had for charging the nimh receiver packs for my 1/8 nitro.

Not timed the run-time for his car, but can't see how i will get by at a race meeting with just one pack. So the question is do I get a couple more low/mid capacity cheap nimh packs. Get one high capacity nimh pack.

The other complication is that if he sticks at it, I am likely to switch from 1/8 nitro to 1/10 electric. So whilst lipo seems overkill for my son, is it worth investing in a new charger and cells now, before I go too far down the nimh path.

Last question that could help me decide is whether I would really be at a disadvantage if I stuck with nimh, considering I would be racing at A/B final level at the local club. I.e. if you drove the same car with a 4000mah nimh vs lipo, how much of a difference would it make in real terms.



Thanks in advance.

Andy