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Need some new LiPos? HPI has a new line for ya. The HPI Plazma LiPo line comes in three flavors, an 11.1V 3800 mAh, a 7.4v 4000 mAh with round case, and a 7.4v 5300 mAh. If you have a HPI vehicle then one of these packs will likely fit in it without problems. All of the packs have Deans [...]
There’s a lot of news coming out of the HPI camp today, but probably the biggest of it all is a new and less expensive version of the Savage Flux! The new Savage Flux 2350 is still built on the same awesomely awesome Savage X chassis that the Flux HP is built on, and it still shares many of the [...]
Team Epic is offering a few new LiPos from Intellect for 1/8 scale vehicles. These new monster packs are available in 11.1v and 14.8v at capacities ranging from 5600mAh up to 6800mAh and are said to be able to handle from 35C up to 50C discharge rates. MSRPs are $249.99 for the 14.8V 5400mAh 35C pack, $259.99 for the 6800mAh [...]
Pro Boat‘s new Miss Geico 29 BL is one cool Cat. This 30″ catamaran RTR is built for speed with a 1500Kv brushless motor, 45 amp speed control, and dual 2S LiPo capability. The Miss Geico is fully licensed to look like the full scale version and features a lot of the details you’d expect to see. It also comes [...]
Losi has a new mini for the dirt oval fans out there. At first glance the new Mini Sprint may look a lot like the old Mini Slider, but the similarities are only cosmetic, and even then only at a distance. The Mini Sprint features an all new chassis with a bottom load battery tray, mid-motor layout, and Fiber Reinforced [...]
The crew at Team Orion is ready to present to you their brand new Advantage IQ605 Battery Management System. The IQ605 is an AC/DC charger that can pump the juice into all the various acronymed batteries like LiPo, LiFe, NiMH, and NiCd, and even some non-acronymed batteries like lead-acid. Other features include charge rates of up to 5A, discharge up [...]
Check out Dynamite‘s new glow driver that runs off LiPo power. The LiPo battery is a 1200mAh 1S, which is regulated to 1.5v output, so it should last much longer and provide more heat to the plug than a driver based on NiMH batteries. It also features a dead plug indicator. MSRP for the Dynamite Lipo glow driver with charger [...]
Robitronic‘s got a new line of competition grade LiPos. Available in 1S and 2S stick and saddle pack configurations and in capacities from 4500 up to 5400 mAh. They are also being promoted as 40 to 50C. They’ve got a set that should fit you no matter what you drive. Check out the Robitronic web site [...]
Note: We did this, so you don’t have to! Seriously, do NOT try this at home! The results are very unpredictable, and you can even hear us scramble a little bit in the video. Something like this can turn into a very dangerous situation. Now that that is out of the way, on to the good stuff! Each time we’ve done [...]
Hot Bodies has a cool new sedan. The TCX is a very high-end race bred kit built to meet the exacting demands of hardcore racers. It’s a LiPo/LiFe ready chassis that features 50/50 weight distribution, plenty of adjustment options in the suspension, and tons of great looking purple aluminum and carbon fiber. As with most high end [...]
Through the pleasant Austrians at Robitronic we got word that Muchmore is releasing a new charger called the Hybrid. It’s capable of charging 1 – 15 Zellen cell NiMH packs or 1 – 6S LiPos/LiFEs at rates from 0.1A up to 5A and it can discharge at rates from 0.1A to 1A. Best of all the Hybrid also has a [...]
“Dear Brian, First let me take the time to say, I really enjoyed the two battery shootouts. They were well written and I think by the second one you really have it nailed down with good testing criteria for each battery and being able to replicate situations so the testing for each is equal. One thing that really kind [...]
If you’re using LiPo batteries of any type you need to be using a fire resistant container while you’re charging them. The most popular type is of the sack variety. Electrifly‘s got a new one out for you at a low cost. Featuring fiberglass fabric that’s been coated in heat resistant silicon and stitched together with heat resistant thread, their [...]
Got LiPos? Got a LiPo charger? Don’t have a balancer? Check this new Digital Balancer from Team Orion. It’s a small module that will auto balance your LiPo and LiFe packs from 1-6S (wait… 1S lipos need to be balanced?). The digital display will tell you the voltage of each cell independently and total pack voltage. You can use the Digital [...]
Kershaw Designs wants everybody to know that they got a LiPo pack for a pretty reasonable price. It’s a 2S, 35C pack with 5000 mAh capacity. It’s also wrapped in a hardcase for safety. So how reasonable is the price? How about $55. Reasonable enough? That’s up to you to decide, but you might [...]
