Black Pearl II Hydro - 2020

[ray schrauwen]

Sounds good I'll give it a try in limited first. If I built it too robust then I could always try full P. Thanks.

I can ease up a bit on some glue and how heavy the finish is. We will see.

[T.S.Davis]

Sounds good I'll give it a try in limited first. If I built it too robust then I could always try full P. Thanks.

I can ease up a bit on some glue and how heavy the finish is. We will see.

This is why I'm so emphatic about keeping my hands clean while I build these days. I'm like a surgeon. I also wipe up any over flow onto flats etc as I build. That way I can leave most of the boat natural finish and just paint some panels. You can save some weight not having to paint the whole boat.

[ray schrauwen]

I agree. I'm not always so good about mopping up but I'm getting better at it. I'm no surgeon, last night while gluing up a ride pad before bed I leaned my head to the side to look and see if it looked o.k. and I put my right ear and hair into the remnant glue on the table. Now that pissed me off having to leave it be while I clamped her up. Good thing it's slow set. Turns out I'm good at cleaning that up. After hoping all the glue was out I doused it with some olive oil to be sure. Left a grease slick on the pillow though...

[ray schrauwen]

So, how would a pair of Yowoo 4000Mah 4S packs fair in this for limited? I see some people are trying them. Mee sa on a budget!

[ray schrauwen]

Better glue the other pad before it gets too late and I spend an hour cleaning the glue off my head again.... At least it's going well... I'd post pics but they're all on my phone and that's a bit of a pain. Maybe later..

[T.S.Davis]

Oh come on Ray! Who hasn't glued their tongue to their front teeth?!

I use 3300's. The Yowoo are decent believe it or not. They do seem to be all or nothing. They are either perfect out of the box or they're stone dead out of the box.

[jingalls007]

So, how would a pair of Yowoo 4000Mah 4S packs fair in this for limited? I see some people are trying them. Mee sa on a budget!

Stick with CNHL for budget packs. My Yawoos (4x 4s packs and 4x 6s packs) all fell below nominal voltage in storage. I had puffing issues from the start. All of my Dinogys bought at the same time, stored at the same voltage, everything the same and they’re still going strong.

[Mike W]

The Pearl Fleet. Q is absolutely insane!

[T.S.Davis]

Stick with CNHL for budget packs. My Yawoos (4x 4s packs and 4x 6s packs) all fell below nominal voltage in storage. I had puffing issues from the start. All of my Dinogys bought at the same time, stored at the same voltage, everything the same and they’re still going strong.

Makes me wonder if it comes down to which batch we get when we order. We raced HRB for a season. Nice construction. Had lots of puffing.

I read nothing but great things about the CNHL. Bought a lot of them. Puffed most of them. Didn't expect that. They are gigantic packs in comparison to everything else. Tried multiple 4s packs and even some 2s2p packs that we ran in series in a scale boat. Burned those to a crisp. Not their fault really. Fire was glorious though.

Then we tried some Yowoo. I was expecting to get what I paid for. They were cheap......er.....inexpensive. No problems yet. Won a lot of races with them but we have had guys buy the Yowoo's's and they show up DOA.

The Roaring Tops have been super consistent. No weirdness that I've seen with those. I may go back to them just for reliability.

I like the manufacturer that Dinogy carries but supply chain reliability varies and they're pricey.

I don't know anymore. Starting to feel like it's a crap shoot every time.

[ezhitz]

Ray what I was running the last couple of years have been the HRB from Amazon running 1 4s 6000 mah in my lsh hydro. I know I’m not running as hard as the guys racing. https://www.amazon.ca/HRB-6000mAh-50...s%2C93&sr=8-38

[Greg Schweers]

I started using CNHL batteries two years ago not a single one has puffed. Last year I race 13 times and 5 boats. For the money you can’t go wrong. I think the only battery with a smaller footprint Are SMC If I was running SAWor 2 lap I would definitely run smc.

[ray schrauwen]

THe trouble with CHNL is that they rarely have stock of what I need when I need them. I don't like buying cells 6 months before I can use them.

[ray schrauwen]

Ray what I was running the last couple of years have been the HRB from Amazon running 1 4s 6000 mah in my lsh hydro. I know I’m not running as hard as the guys racing. https://www.amazon.ca/HRB-6000mAh-50...s%2C93&sr=8-38

I've tried some of those in 4000mah and 3300mah for smaller boats and I was not thrilled at all. It doesn't mean they aren't good but it made me leery of buying the larger packs.

CHNL are quite nice but a pain to buy when needed.

[ray schrauwen]

Makes me wonder if it comes down to which batch we get when we order. We raced HRB for a season. Nice construction. Had lots of puffing.

I read nothing but great things about the CNHL. Bought a lot of them. Puffed most of them. Didn't expect that. They are gigantic packs in comparison to everything else. Tried multiple 4s packs and even some 2s2p packs that we ran in series in a scale boat. Burned those to a crisp. Not their fault really. Fire was glorious though.

Then we tried some Yowoo. I was expecting to get what I paid for. They were cheap......er.....inexpensive. No problems yet. Won a lot of races with them but we have had guys buy the Yowoo's's and they show up DOA.

The Roaring Tops have been super consistent. No weirdness that I've seen with those. I may go back to them just for reliability.

I like the manufacturer that Dinogy carries but supply chain reliability varies and they're pricey.

I don't know anymore. Starting to feel like it's a crap shoot every time.

That's something I'll 100% agree on.

[TRUCKPULL]

I have been using the CHNL for 3 years now. The only dead battery was one that I destroyed.
4- 4000 70C 4S packs for 2 Speck classes.
10 - 5000 70C 4s Packs for "P" classes
4 - 6000 70C 6S Packs for Q class
8 - 6000 70c 4S packs for S class

All packs are under 6 thousands of a volt between all cells.

If you look at all the comparison charts, these packs maintain the lowest Voltage differential between cells under full load
And the second highest volage under full load.
I buy my packs at the end of FEB. when they have their biggest sales with free shipping.

Larry