RC Nightmare Community Blog

When I heard Traxxas was taking their super popular 2WD Slash model to brushless I thought to myself, duh!  It seems like the most obvious upgrade of all time for the worlds most popular 2WD short course truck.  Coming with the Slash VXL is all the same features you love like waterproof everything and 2.4Ghz control and adds some of the really nice things that the Velineon system has. Read on »»

In the last post we covered how RC lipo batteries are configured with the #s#p convention. Basically #s is for the number of cells in series and #p is for the number of cells in parallel. The more cells in series the higher the voltage. The more cells in parallel the higher the milliampere-hour (mAh). This post will take a look at the C rating that batteries come with.

In the picture we can see C being referenced in a few places – charge rate, discharge rate, and max burst rate. So, what is C? Read on »»

Ever wonder what all those numbers on your LiPo battery mean? Most battery packs have the same type of information but what does it all represent? In this series we will look at the information presented on the battery pack and explain what they mean.

Let’s start with the battery configuration. Read on »»

If you’ve owned a Lithium Polymer (LiPo) battery you will have noticed a small connector on the battery pack in addition to the traditional positive and negative leads. What is it and how do you use it?

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