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Wow, I don’t think anyone saw this coming! MaxAmps has just announced their new Multi-Voltage 5250mah packs. These single packs can be built up so you can run 2s, 3s, 4s, even up to 6s! You can buy cell’s individually, or as a kit and then you can add more later! This sounds pretty [...]
Just got a email from MaxAmps about some crazy contest…. Headline: You have never seen anything like this before! Press Release: MaxAmps.com is releasing a new product this week that we guarantee you have never seen before. The first person to guess what it is wins a brand new Traxxas Slash 4X4. Send your guesses to austin@maxamps.com before the release date [...]
We just got a video from MaxAmps of them doing a little bashing fun with a Savage Flux on a 6S Lipo MaxAmps setup. Click on the image or this link to head over to their MaxAmps Minute site and check it out! Looking for more crazy Savage Flux on 6s Video? Check ours out on our Big Squid [...]
We just got this, so it’s a little late to the party, but MaxAmps is giving you $15 towards the purchase of anything on their site, TODAY ONLY! That’s June 02, 2010. There is no minimum purchase with this, so you don’t have to buy like $200 worth of stuff or anything like that. You just need to [...]
Are you looking to run a LiFe battery this year at the electric nats? Well MaxAmps will have you covered! Their LiFe 4500 is now ROAR approved. I’m glad to see the LiFe batteries starting to get some acceptance. The fact that they are safer, and you can be a little more careless with them, is more [...]
“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 [...]
Are you a fan of street art (graffiti)? Well, I’m not a big fan of graffiti, but I truly enjoy Banksy’s works. This week the new Banksy film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” premiered in New York City and LA, and starts showing in Chi-town on the 30th. Google image search Banksy for some examples of his work, I hope [...]
A We mentioned there would be news coming out of the MaxAmps camp, and here it is! MaxAmps 3 year/300 cycle warranty is now free! To top it off, the MaxAmps Green Series packs include a 5 year, 1000 cycle warranty! This is actually pretty awesome. Lipo’s are expensive, and do have a habit of going south. To get a warranty [...]
A little birdie told me that there should be some news coming out of the MaxAmps camp within the next 24 hours. No idea if it’s big news or not, but since Max Amps usually does not make that many announcements, it’s usually something pretty good. Keep your eyes here of visit MaxAmps.com for more info!
Oh yea! Finally a pack from MaxAmps that we can run the 1 hour a-mains with ease! The new MaxAmps 99000XXXXL! Rated at a conservative 50C, this new 2s pack will not only get you through that 1 hour a-main, but through the rest of the week of racing! We got our hands on [...]
Ok, this product will make a lot of bashers happy! New from MaxAmps is the LiPo XL series! These new packs come in 6000mah, 9000mah, and 13500mah! Holy Snikies! MaxAmps says it’s the ultimate upgrade for the Traxxas Slash with the 13500 pack giving up to 81 minutes of run time! That’s some serious bashing there! Other Details: # 81 [...]
A big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Tim Smith and Grand Motorsports for hitting some serious speeds recently at the International RC Speed Challenge in California. Tim established two new world speed records for the ISC 2wd modified and stock classes with his Grand Motorsports Dragsters! Tim’s yellow GMS dragster [...]
Pro Driver, good friend of Big Squid RC, and all around good guy, Tim Mohr just won the Great Lakes Division title for 1/8th scale electric buggy this weekend at the State Line RC Raceways in Fremont Indiana! This is Tim’s 3rd division title in the RC Pro Series! His setup, for those interested, Castle Monster ESC, Castle [...]
Slash Stock was the largest class at the nationals, going all the way down to an “E” main. It’s also arguably the most popular electric class in the country right now. The Slash Stock class requires that the trucks race with nearly no modifications, making the class very much a “driver and battery class” because all [...]
Thought you guys might enjoy a couple of shots of the new MaxAmps Green Series Life packs out in actual vehicles! The LiFePO4 battery packs are a new safer type of LiPO that are engineered to not explode or catch fire from over charging. Thought I’d mention it, so if you have ordered them, [...]
