Boomerangs Were Made For Lipo

[Psychotic Bovine 0]

They already have a perfect place for the lipo alarm!

An old school resister mount makes the perfect mount, too!

[Origineelreclamebord 45]

They already have a perfect place for the lipo alarm!

An old school resister mount makes the perfect mount, too!

Nice one! And we were thinking al along that Tamiya never wanted to release any LiPo compatible stuff (until the TEU104BK ESC, I heard).

[Psychotic Bovine 0]

well, just got done doing a speed test. With a super stock tz motor, fresh charged 2 cell lipo (7.4v), 15t pinion, on asphalt, the speed was 27 mph at the fastest. most runs were 26, so call it 26.5 top speed.

Previous speed with same setup with a 7.2v nimh was 24.5.

I have a bushnell radar gun and it's pretty accurate, just not accurate enough to write tickets by!

I guess the added .2 volts and the lower weight of the lipo helped the top speed a bit.

Speed control is the stock 101bk, but I added heat sinks to it. After running in grass the speed control was barely warm (104 degrees). The motor was about 160 degrees, though. I have a heat sink on the motor as well.

[94eg! 825]

Yeah top speed won't be too much different with lipo. You should notice a substantial increase in punch though at the same gearing. Especially in low rpm.

BTW: How do you like the lipo alarm? Is it loud enough to hear while your bashing about?

[Psychotic Bovine 0]

Yeah top speed won't be too much different with lipo. You should notice a substantial increase in punch though at the same gearing. Especially in low rpm.

BTW: How do you like the lipo alarm? Is it loud enough to hear while your bashing about?

The alarm seems plenty loud enough. It might not be loud enough if you are running with friends who are running nitro cars.

it's about the same volume as a truck back-up alarm.

Not sure if all alarms act like this one. The red lights come on as a "warning" when the battery starts to get low, then the alarm kicks on a few minutes later when it hits the "danger zone" for battery voltage.

I picked up two of them for $8 total with shipping off of an ebay distributor out of HK. Arrived in about 6 days to my home in Indiana.

[Origineelreclamebord 45]

Seems like I have the same alarm - the problem is, I haven't tested it yet (can't use my Lipo battery yet because I need the right cables for charging!) Btw, what LiPo battery are you using?

[Psychotic Bovine 0]

using a "yeah racing" 3200 pack.