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While Hitec is primarily known for their high-end servos, they also have a great battery charger line-up. Their latest charger is the RDX1. The RDX1 is a tower style charger that has an extra small footprint, leaving you extra space on your pit table. It is an AC/DC design, making it easy to use anywhere, and it can charge all [...]
New from Fantom is a line-up of Outlaw HV LiPo Batteries. The Outlaw HVs are not legal at ROAR tracks, but when you are out where bashing horsepower is king, a little extra voltage can go a long ways in beating your friends to the other side of the parking lot and back. * Produced using premium Japanese materials * Come with [...]
Team Orion has now added LiHV Charging to their very popular Advantage Touch Duo V-Max battery charger. The higher voltage LiHV cells are becoming more popular every day and “normal” LiPo chargers are not capable of charging them to their full capacity. That isn’t an issue with the newest version of the Advantage Touch Duo. It can charge LiHV along [...]
It has been a while since Hyperion has released a new charger. For years their chargers were considered the best of the best, now they have announced the EOS 0840i to help continue that legacy. What’s new on the 0840i? * Maximum charge current of 40 amps * Up to 8S Lithium cell count * Can charge the new LiHV cells * High power [...]
If you are old school, then you remember the old Reedy Zappers. For you new hobbyists, they were Ni-MH cells that had been “zapped” to give them increased voltage under load. Today, Reedy has announced a new line of Zappers for the LiPo crowd. The latest Zappers are the newer formulation of higher voltage Lithium based cells that can be [...]
For 2016 Team Orion has announced their updated Advantage Touch Duo V-Max battery charger. The big news on the Duo V-Max is the ability to charge the latest LiHV high voltage batteries. While normal LiPo batteries have a maximum voltage of 4.2 volts per cell, LiHV cells, like the V-Max series batteries from Orion, have a maximum voltage of 4.35, [...]
New from Team Orion is their V-Max Rocket line of LiPo batteries. What’s the scoop with them? Well, they have a couple of neat features. The first is a built in LED Status Checker Button. You can simply press a button to see if the pack is empty, fully charged, or somewhere in between. The second piece of news about [...]
Long known for high quality chargers, the latest to be announced by LRP is the Pulsar Pro. The Pulsar Pro sports distinctive white accents and comes packed with features. For power the Pulsar Pro has a maximum charge rate of 10 amps and can charge up to 6 cell LiPo. It can also charge the latest in battery technology, LiHV [...]
New from Hitec is the beefy X2 700 Battery Charger. The X2 700 is a dual port charger capable of charging at 30 amps on both of its channels. That’s some big power that can quickly charge your high C LiPo batteries. Some of its other highlights include- * Operates on 11-30 volts of DC input power * Total wattage- 1400 (700 [...]
Have a bunch of big LiPos that you need to charge? The folks at G-Force can help you out with that with their new G8 Duo Charger. The G8 Duo has dual outputs to charge two packs at one time and it boasts up to a 30 amp charge rate to get those packs done fast. Some of its other [...]
There is a new breed of LiPo batteries hitting the market that are higher voltage than the standard cells we’ve been using for years. LRP has jumped on this trend with their new Outlaw hard case packs. The Outlaws are not legal at sanctioned racing events, but that means absolutely nothing to the bashing crowd. LRP has announced two Outlaw packs, [...]
Need a Battery Charger with serious power? If so, have a look at the new ProTouch HD from Venom. The ProTouch can charge at up to 45 amps, more than enough for most power hungry batteries. * Backlit touchscreen display * Max cell count- 8S LiPo, 20 cell NiMH * Max charge rate- 45 amps * DC only, 11-32 volt input * LiHV compatible The ProTouch [...]
