Lipo batteries

[andrewmahoney]

Can anyone recomend a good lipo battery for Wedgie.The one i have at the moment is a 12 cell sub c nimh giving me 14.4 volts,fully charged around 16-17 volts.The weight is about 700g,the batteries are far to powerfull for wedgies tiny motors never need charging,so i was thinking smaller nimh or try some new technology? but i would like to keep my old chargers which are,pro peak constellation chargers.The spec says that they will do 3.6-18.5v lipo batteries.
Any advice is welcome!http://www.robotcombat.com/products/0-PIRGB1.htmlhttp://www.robotcombat.com/products/0-PIRGB1.html
These are my motors.

[Mouldy]

Lipo batteries

Look up thunder power or flight power. I use there exstreme v2 cells in 360.. ott for what you need. Ill show you my drive pack at rebel robots or robotslive, its 14.8v 2amp. will probably do you.

Lipos are abit of a grey area still. Make sure you have all the required accessories if you go for them.

Such as a steel box or lipo sack to charge them in, a bag of salt (To help exstinguish flames if there are any) and a fuse inline with the battery... aka if your battery has a max discharge of 40amps like my small one does you will need a 40amp fuse to protect it.. i used a 35amp to be safe.

Ive also got a large 4cell 5000MAH pack for my disc which has a discharge rate of upto 250amps.

Best thing todo if your looking up lipos is to pop into a model shop (preferably one that specialises in helis or similar) they will help you out.

[typhoon_driver]

Lipo batteries

Id recommend A123s.

Not as energy dense or can give you as large discharges as regular lipos but you wont need it with wedgie. Also you dont have to worry about removing and charging in a steel box etc etc.

[Mouldy]

Lipo batteries

id agree- Although lipos do have there advantages, there alot more work.