My first lipo fire...

[MAZ]

Met up with a couple guys for a quick rc bash after work today, which was great

All was going really well until I pushed my lipo a little to far...

(Thats my daughter standing a safe distance away)

(The aftermath)

(Salvaged the ec5 connector )

(Battery tray is a little worse for wear and a bit smelly lol)

Everything still works fine though. I reckon its time for some better spec lipos though...

[wangerman69]

mate gutted for you glad you and your daughter are OK

[NOFX]

Hobbyking .

[MAZ]

mate gutted for you glad you and your daughter are OK

She saw the smoke and was all "fire fire"

Cant believe how much smoke was coming from it - proper nasty stuff too

[wangerman69]

what was the battery

also note you are in herts me too we need to meet up and smash things

[PurcyP]

What caused the fire? was the lipo just old? these things can just happen so no point blaming hobbyking, could of purchased a

[DeadMeatUK]

I know how you feel... Happend to me on Monday. Pack came loose after practicing backflips and got caught in the spur gear. I came off lightly as only one of the 6cells popped and the one next to it expanded from heat exposure, so removed the two damaged cells and now use it as a 4s pack.

[MAZ]

what was the battery

also note you are in herts me too we need to meet up and smash things

I'm in letchworth dude, whereabouts do you hail from?

@ NOFX Yeah it was a hobbyking 5800mah 4s lipo 30-40c

I think my set up was too much for it, I'm running a 4284 2000kv leopard motor, hobbywing 150a esc with 17/46 gearing (or 48t, I can never remember lol)

Lipo wasnt old either, always balanced charged and always put into storage mode when not being used. Its been fine when doing jumps etc but a few all out runs killed it (was racing a nitro hpi bullet haha!)

*quick edit*

I didnt balance charge one of the lipos as I was in a rush to get out - pretty sure that was the one that went up in smoke

Edited June 14, 2013 by MAZ

[wangerman69]

I'm from hddesdon pal

so were about 20 or so miles apart

mainly wreck mine at north herts track but happy to travel

[fluxster]

Hey mate. Glad to see your ok. I remember my first scare in the hobby. My battery smoked when i was charging it for the third time. I was only in the hobby a week and had little info on charging. My fault. lol. Once again bash hard and stay safe.

[MAZ]

Hey wangerman - How far are you from where they're building the new Morrisons?

Edited June 14, 2013 by MAZ

[wangerman69]

bout half a mile as the crow flies

[arogon1235]

had my first lipo fire when doing a speed run got caught in the spur gear. so i put a nail on the end of the car and taped the lipo to the wall and punctured the lipo

[MAZ]

My first scare was an esc going up in flames - I bought a second hand combo from a member on here ages ago, saw that the blades were knackered so I decided to replace the fan. No probs had to make a spacer for it though, fitted it and took my truggy out for its maiden run.

2 minutes in and the esc died!

That made for a most troublesome experience lol

[MAZ]

I'm from hddesdon pal

so were about 20 or so miles apart

mainly wreck mine at north herts track but happy to travel

We defo need to meet up - maybe in welwyn or somewhere thats equidistant to us both... probably welwyn then lol

[wangerman69]

wewlyn is cool can make that in half hour know anywhere good to run?

[NuttyProfessor]

Im in st.albans

[wangerman69]

cool more the merrier

[MAZ]

Ummm.... I'll look into it

[MAZ]

Im in st.albans

I'm working in st albans tomorrow

[wangerman69]

ideally not too long grass only run 1/10 and the wee b4 won't like it lol carnage won't care it goes anywhere b4 good on short grass useless on tarmac has no grip fully set up for astro really

hell will probably break em where ever we go lol

we all need to sort a meet up who else is in herts?

[Tug]

The lipo specs sound fine for that set-up. Don't see why it popped.

[MAZ]

The lipo specs sound fine for that set-up. Don't see why it popped.

I dont know either mate, I've even got the throttle turned down to 75%

[NuttyProfessor]

Im working in Northampton tomorrow.

[NuttyProfessor]

Only thing it could be is overgeared. Were it balanced?

My 1:8 buggy is setup for tarmac and my FF03 is my tourer.

The 1:8 is fast, ask The Admiral.

Edited June 14, 2013 by NuttyProfessor