fish6634 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Hi All Had the kalahari out today and having only ever ran it on the standard nimh that came with it i have always been disappointed and found it very tame, tame enough in fact to let my 12 year old daughter have a go. After realising my 11.1v 3s lipo will fit in the battery holder with no mods i thought why not. I swapped the esc to lipo and gave it a blast and a blast is exactly what i got!! as well as wheelies and silly speeds for a little car. Performance over the nimh is unreal completely worlds apart. I was carfeful about how i ran it after i have been told about increased motor and esc temps so mostly quick blasts followed by normal driving. If you try and give it full throttle from still you are wasting your time it just goes crazy and tries to destroy itself, it has to be a gradually feeding in the throttle, even then you get front wheel lift. These electric cars are seriously testing my loyalty to nitro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 The wonderful world of Instapowaaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 flick a switch and your off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilli Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Unless you like the noise, mess, maintenance and expensive running costs e cars perform just as well if not better than Nitros but then the noise and constant messing about with the cars is what adheres most to their Nitros. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Also if your ESC smokes or a LiPo sets on fire or whatever, at least you know which bits gone wrong straight away, not like on an engine Then again I'm not a big nitro fan, I prefer 2 strokes over nitro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitroholic Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I run my Kemora (same car...different shell) on 2S LiPo. Not quite as insane as 3S...but it will last longer and is a bit more driveable. They are good little cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Think i am going to go 2s mate don't want to destroy it although they are fast on the 3s ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoea Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 If I could go 3s I would Just get some practise in 2/3 throttle or something at your local bashing spots, then after a few runs give it a bit more throttle? I'm gonna google that model now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 its a nice looking car and brushless ready to go, i got mine second hand off here and it was mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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