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I just bought an aquacraft ul-1 superior. It's my first rc boat, I've had rc cars and trucks but have been out of the hobby for a little while. Anyway this is my first time dealing with lipos and brushless motors. I have been looking through this forum a lot and came to the conclusion that Gens Ace are the best bang for the buck lipo battery out there. I went to a pond the other day for its initial run and the solder joint on the prop shaft broke so I lost the bottom part of the shaft as well as the prop. I called up the hobby shop I bought it from and they told me to bring it in. Brought it in and they guy that was helping me out was putting a new shaft with prop on(free of charge since it happened about thirty seconds into its first run), and we started talking about the boat and lipo batteries. I asked him if he had ever used Gens Ace before and he said he hadn't but there was a fire on their indoor track which was started by a Gens Ace battery. I am new to lipo batteries and I am concerned after hearing this. Should I be concerned or is there anything in particular I should do to make sure I don't have a similar problem? Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Also in the brief time I was running the boat I felt that the boat was not steering enough. I realized after it broke that the D/R was on its stock setting. If I turn this up should it give the boat a considerably greater amount of steering?
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I would bet the fire started because of a crash and battery damage. All Lipos are subject to this happening. -
was there any detail to the story other than a gens ace caught on fire? if you use them properly, youll be ok. like any other battery before it, there is a risk of fire or explosion.Comment
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There was not any more detail than that. I just asked him if he has ever used them, he said no, and explained there was a fire. That was it. Should I be concerned?Comment
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no you shouldnt. its only concidence its a gens ace. at least im not familiar with a problem with them. most people like themComment
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Have you used them before dana? If you have what is your opinion on them?Comment
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i havent, but ive read plenty of good reviews and no complaints. and i have yet to read about a fire with them.Comment
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Do you by chance have a UL-1?Comment
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I doComment
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Ive used GensAce packs in my UL1 with a 2200kv outrunner with good results. No problems at all with the batteries. I also use them in my Wraith running 2s2p with no problems. I wouldnt worry about using the batteries.Comment
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You can check my battery testing infomation located in the "battery and charging" section of the forums. The Gens Ace packs are AWESOME packs and a excellent value. I've been slowly converting all my batteries including all my flight packs over to the gens ace and sky lipos. I love their performance. Without knowing all the details we can just speculate what actually happened. A cell could have been punctured, if his soldering job wasn't up to par something could have dead shorted anything could have happened. I highly HIGHLY doubt the battery just spontaneously combusted though!
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Are the sky lipo's as good as the gens ace?Comment
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Please read up on how to handle and charge lipos safely. About once a year I read about someone burning down their house due to a lipo fire...
Most fires are due to improper charging, but there are also documented cases of lipo fires happening spontaneously in storage.
I charge my lipos in a lipo bag in the fireplace, always under direct supervision, and I store them in a woodburning stove....
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The only question I have about lipos is how to determine the wattage necessary to charge a battery. How is it calculated?Comment
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Usually calculated by the charger"Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone except God.
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