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0 I have a custom 2s and 3s pack made out of Sony vtc6 18650 cells.
These cells (original) are believed to be continuous discharge up to 20A.
I attempted these packs on my slash 4x4 vxl (stock motor and ESC) on flat concrete surface and it ran fine.
I monitored battery and lead wire temperature. It was ok.
Any one else tried this? Any risks involved?
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100 i readed the title, i liked to tell it wont work xD
as i know rc cars have more but for a short time high current draw. i had a vxl aswell. i beleive it would make sense to settup the 50% throttle limit to save the cells befor damage.
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100 the esc wont be in trouble, the batteries will be
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74 If you want more piece of mind, you might go with a higher drain battery (at the expense of capacity), like the Sony VTC5A or the Molicel P26A. (I am building some 2S2P and some 3S1P packs for a couple of quads using the VTC5A.)
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16 Yeah, 20amps is pretty low for a 4wd 10th scale, they can pull quite a bit more than that. I'd definitely keep an eye on the batteries.
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0 Thank you all.
So basically if ESC try to pull more than the battery could provide then battery get heated and then fire?
Or ESC will simply shutdown/restart when it could not get enough?
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