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was speaking with a good mate today and the subject came up, we both use ip branded lipo's and have had the problem with pack's swelling up and splitting. we are wondering how to stop this and also what is a brand of saddle that slot's straight into 870c chassis, without need for a mount! are there any with the ridges on the bottom like stick lipo's?

I asked the same question in my build thread and Jason came back with ip4200

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19810&start=30

As for swelling and cracking well that could be a number of things, fault with the pack, wrong storage proceedures, wrong charging proceedures, out of balance pack. If you're storing at the correct temp and voltage and your charging with an applicable lipo charger at the correct amps and checking the balance regularly then that points to faulty packs however I know many running ip cells without issue.

yeah we have also spoken about the ip4200, i have only had one pack come apart personally but the word getting around is that it's quite common for ip. i always charge back up to around 60% before storage. as for a saddle pack something must slot straight in without a need for a mount set-up.

I like this design. and the size is quite right for yoke buggies

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17937&start=23
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=venom+saddle&search=Go

59burst wrote:I like this design. and the size is quite right for yoke buggies

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17937&start=23
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=venom+saddle&search=Go

Thank you, how are you combating lateral movement?

Synergy wrote: Thank you, how are you combating lateral movement?

with this
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMRA9&P=7

but my buddies usually put extra plates under the battery.

Thank you Sir

hope to see two of nice 870C runners with Lipo setup soon

GJW wrote:yeah we have also spoken about the ip4200, i have only had one pack come apart personally but the word getting around is that it's quite common for ip. i always charge back up to around 60% before storage. as for a saddle pack something must slot straight in without a need for a mount set-up.

This is not good news about the IP packs, i was planning on running one in my YZ-10....

Are the individual packs of saddle Lipos smaller that single 1s lipo packs??

How about LRP 4800 saddles? they have bulges on bottom, I plan on finding some for mine.

Size 2x 69x47x23.5mm

They would be a great choice but $150 a set is a lot for bumps

when and if i ever use my 870c, this is the pack i'll be using.

http://www.promatchracing.com/proddetail.php?prod=2S4200SP

$40 for a saddle lipo is pretty good in my opinion. now i haven't used their lipos yet, but their nimh pack worked very well.

They look great value Scr8p.

I think I'm going to give these a shot

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290490709600&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1754wt_1261

I've had great service out of my gold bricks and many a flight power pack so I think as a medium priced set of saddles they have to be worth a go.

scr8p wrote:when and if i ever use my 870c, this is the pack i'll be using.

http://www.promatchracing.com/proddetail.php?prod=2S4200SP

$40 for a saddle lipo is pretty good in my opinion. now i haven't used their lipos yet, but their nimh pack worked very well.

That's a good deal!