Turnigy Cells Crush G3's

[Brod]

LOl,i thought you might pick up on the 'slow gets boring thing'

[bustitup]

FOR ALL THE DIE HARDS THAT THINK TURNIGY JUST CANT KEEP UP

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25041

[Punisher 67]

Just listening in , great info and topic guys . Will be looking for replacement lipo's this spring for some of my high amp draw systems . Always looking for a balance between power and economy....$$$$$$$$$$$ . Was seriously looking at the G3's but who knows whats going to happen months from now

[andym]

Guys I forked out the hard earned for some G3 lipo's, puffed two first run, third on its second run and the fourth I gave away for free. I use Zippy flight max 5000mah 4s 30c packs in the same boats, same set ups and have had NO problems at all. With a cost of under $60 what more can I say

[Ub Hauled]

.....what more can I say

tell me about your avatar... well chosen.

Well, I have had good experiences with the Flightmax 5000 30c...
it's been reliable in a UL setup, not much drain there though...
it does not have the same punch that a new Elite 35c has, there is a noticeable difference... but then again, not the same C rate. I have not tried the G3 cells, there have been too many mixed reviews about it and decided not to go for it. My cream of the crop is the new TP 45c cell, I am looking forward to unleash that puppy.
I also have the Rhino 20c packs that I use as a 10s2p and there is ONE cell in one of the 5s packs that just does not wanna cooperate... it's considerably lower then the rest of it... maybe I can figure something out to make it work again, not sure how it got to be that low since I don't use those packs too often, but I also know that they are cheap packs and something like it is expected.

Anyway, the FM packs are working fine so far, in a low amp draw scenario.

[Fluid]

Guys I forked out the hard earned for some G3 lipo's, puffed two first run, third on its second run and the fourth I gave away for free....what more can I say

With several dozen G3 packs in HOTMBC boats - all full-race packs pushed hard for months - not a single problem has occurred. I guess all I can say is that some folks can screw-up an anvil...........




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[bustitup]

With several dozen G3 packs in HOTMBC boats - all full-race packs pushed hard for months - not a single problem has occurred. I guess all I can say is that some folks can screw-up an anvil...........




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apply enough heat and mix it with a little air.......and even an anvil will melt

[Raydee]

I own a couple DOZEN myself and no puffs or problems whatsoever.

[Eodman]

Andy you must have gotten the above the equator version G3's ---- the electrons were moving in the wrong direction that's all!

[andym]

I guess all I can say is that some folks can screw-up an anvil...........

I have been doing this for a while now, so just for *!***!***!***!**s and giggles I will tell you that the packs I purchased were crap. This is MY experience with these cells. If you do not like it STIFF $HIT.I know that the setups are not to hot, run times not to long and LV set correctly. As the cheaper cells handle the SAME set ups OK I suggest you just accept that like everything quality can vary greatly.

[Raydee]

Andy, sorry to hear you had such bad luck with your G3 packs. I have recommended these packs to everyone I know, I hope others aren't having the same problems? I know David K. bought some too, I wonder how he liked them?

[andym]

Ray I got mine as soon as they hit the market, I have heard that some of the first ones were not up to scratch.

[Punisher 67]

Andrew this is my take on things , even high end manufacturers produce there .5% or less Monday and Friday substandard crap . I special ordered a 2220/1.5Y from Neu and got a motor that was a little less than there level of advertised quality . the only saving grace was the fact I had the machinery to correct someone else's neglect and sloppy workmanship . to put it blunt everyone takes a crap once in a while unfortunately we get burn't thinking we are buying the best there is . I for one am certainly open to trying the Turnagy cell just for the price they can be bought for

[BIGDG357]

I had a set of the turnigy 3s packs and both packs just died one died mid run in a boat the remaining of the set was used to power a traxxas stampede this one also died in the middle of a run in both cases the batteries were not even warm . I have heard of this problem from others also after doing the research after the first one died . I am using zippys now with no problems at all .Just thought I'd throw that out there I mean what are the chances of 2 packs failing in the same way

[ozzie-crawl]

have you opened the packs up for a look. if you do do so carfully.
i run turnigy cells and think dollar for dollar cant be beat,i cant see a battry worth 5x more is going to be 5x better.
i have seen one of the turnigy packs work for half a run and stop,after a carful look my mate found one cell wasnt soldered properly across the tag,after a quick solder it works fine