mx0range Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 i bought myself a TT02. a cheap entry level to club racing, or so i thought. tbh i didnt think about it too much. the last kit i bought was a DF03 back in 2007 and never got to race it. everything was cheap or at least reasonably priced then 😞 for the TT02, its got either the stock torque tuned motor or a superstock tz. obviously both brushed with the standard included esc, which says it'll run both lipo or nimh. so my question is, for club racing which is 5 min heats i believe? in 2024... do i need to use lipo to have a chance to be competitive, does anyone still use nimh? and if i need lipo, what size packs and how many?? my default is KISS and get some nimh packs and then theres chargers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Best thing to do. Go to your club and see what everyone else is running. Its all high end Lipo at the local one to me, yet I see others friends go to where NIMH is still competitive. Also, depends on how many classes your club has. If youre race 1, and then marshalling race 2, and theres a few more races before youre up, you may be able to top your Lipo up and get 1 lipo. If you’re at a small club with a few heats you may not have time to top your battery up and need a few more. IMO, go lipo. I think it’s pointless buying old tech in 2024 Edited January 20 by Kpowell911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Hi, when i joined my local club i was only interested in the rock crawling side of it, so only used nimh batteries, Then after watching the racing on the buggy track i bought a short course truck, which i ran on my existing nimh batteries. I was painfully slow compaired to everyone else until somewone gave me a 2s lipo and said try this. 😊 Could not believe the difference so promptly bought some lipos and charger.tend to run my rock crawlers on lipo now, not for the extra power but more for the extended run times hope this helps 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 See what everyone else is running however I'd suggest going lipo from the get go. The price between the two is minimal so makes sense to go lipo straight away otherwise you'll be paying out twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mx0range Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 went ahead an bought a pair of Zeee 2s 4200mah 50c batteries and an etronix powerpal 3.0 charger. hopefully theyre ok 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Zeee batteries are good and powerpall charger should be decent Zeee are my usual 1st choice battery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 +1 for zeee batteries , just about to order 2 of there shortys to use in the mjx and rock buggy 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mx0range Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 wow, lipos are light aren't they! wasn't expecting it to be such a noticeable difference . still waiting on my charger and deans connector i need to convert the esc over from tamiya style connection. boo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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