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(a) Cross-sectional SEM image of an MnO2 cathode. (b) Lithiated MnO2 cathode. Zhang et al. Stolen from Green Car Congress. Ever thought you’d see the day when you could charge your batteries in less than 10 seconds? It may be coming with recent breakthroughs in nano-technology. A group of researchers lead by Paul Braun, professor of materials science and engineering, at [...]
Speed Power is bringing a couple new LiPos to the market, and they are packed full of capacity. Both batteries are 2S, hard cased, and said to have a 65C discharge rate. Where they differ is in their capacities, one is a 6200 mAh while the other is 6500. These things should provide plenty of runtime for any vehicle out [...]
TrakPower is adding some big capacity to their line of hard-cased LiPo batteries. Three new batteries are now available: a 2S/6200 mAh, 2S/5600 mAh, and a 4S/5600 mAh. TrakPower claims a continuous discharge rate of 60c for the 5600s and 50c for the 6200. All of them come with Deans Ultra connectors and balance plugs preinstalled. MSRPs are $120 for [...]
THE West Mountain Computerized Battery Analyzer (CBA) III and 500 Watt Amplifier Review From: West Mountain Radio Direct Link: West Mountain CBA III and Amplifier Review by Cubby.If it’s Tuesday, that means BigSquid is posting an all new uber review. This week I’ve been elected the “lucky” review writer, so lets jump in knee deep on a very handy test instrument, the [...]
Reedy has just announced a new line of LiPo batteries. The Competition line is rated at 60c and will be available as a 2S brick pack, 2S saddle pack, and a single cell pack. The brick and single have a capacity of 5500 mAh and the saddle is 5200 mAh. All of the LiPos are hard cased to keep them [...]
Again we bring you one of the most anticipated RC articles on the internet! Our 3rd battery shootout! This time around, the flood of emails after the second shootout seemed to suggest that we take a look at the 4S lipo market, and who are we to deny our readers? We used some new equipment during our testing, [...]
Brandon Wilcox stopped by the booth today to show off the production version of MaxAmps new, massive 6500mAh, 4S, 150C brick LiPo battery. Beyond just the high specs he also mentioned that they’re going to a higher quality vinyl wrap for the packs that should last longer and not fade. Be sure to check out the MaxAmps web site for all [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Duratrax has a new LiPo for those of you with Traxxas vehicles (or maybe even other vehicles with Traxxas connectors on your ESCs I guess… if you’d do something like that…). Yes, it comes stock with a Traxxas style battery connector. It also has a good bit of capacity at 4000 mAh, a discharge of 25c, and all of that at 7.4v. [...]
