SCX10 Battery Choices?
01-11-2010, 04:38 PM
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SCX10 Battery Choices?
Okay so my SCX10 is pretty much for mudding/water rides and mild bashing...
No hardcore crawling. I am running a 20t pinion with 87t stock spur with a Titan 550 12T and XL-5.
Should I get a 9.6V 8 cell hump pack off MaxAmps as the battery tray is made for a 6 cell pack? I am worried running 9.6V would burn out the motor very fast. Anyone with experience here?
Or should I go with 7 cell 8.4V and figure out some way to hold it down better (it keeps flying back out the rear).
Currently I am just running it with a standard 6 cell 7.2V.
Not planning on using LiPO as this ESC does not have a LVC and if I get an external one that will defeat the waterproof setup I'm after.
No hardcore crawling. I am running a 20t pinion with 87t stock spur with a Titan 550 12T and XL-5.
Should I get a 9.6V 8 cell hump pack off MaxAmps as the battery tray is made for a 6 cell pack? I am worried running 9.6V would burn out the motor very fast. Anyone with experience here?
Or should I go with 7 cell 8.4V and figure out some way to hold it down better (it keeps flying back out the rear).
Currently I am just running it with a standard 6 cell 7.2V.
Not planning on using LiPO as this ESC does not have a LVC and if I get an external one that will defeat the waterproof setup I'm after.
01-11-2010, 07:05 PM
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RE: SCX10 Battery Choices?
Well the stock tray is a plastic composite molded deal that has these ribs around it to hold a 6 cell pack. Velcro straps are used to tie them down and since the ribs are surrounding it the battery stays in place.
I put a 7 cell in there and the power of it just throws the battery out behind the rig if I punch the throttle too hard even when I velcro all the way down.
Leaning on a MaxAmps 8 cell 9.6V which is the most the XL-5 can take but wondering how long the Titan 12T will last with that many amps going to it....
I put a 7 cell in there and the power of it just throws the battery out behind the rig if I punch the throttle too hard even when I velcro all the way down.
Leaning on a MaxAmps 8 cell 9.6V which is the most the XL-5 can take but wondering how long the Titan 12T will last with that many amps going to it....
