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Wow...what a confusing thread...plenty of misinformation.
Bottom line:
If both setups are the same capacity, and discharge at the same rate (comparatively live up to the C rating claims), you won't see a lot of difference between the two. The difference you will see will be related to the difference in cell quality and internal resistance, not the wiring. Two packs paralleled does not increase resistance due to wiring! In order to believe this, you would have to believe that larger gauge wire increases resistance over smaller gauge wire (which of course is not the case). Electrons will always follow the path of least resistance. Adding an extra path DOES NOT increase resistance, it lowers it...in the same way that adding lanes to a highway will decrease resistance in traffic flow and allow more traffic to travel down the road without increasing the rate at which it's traveling (rate would be voltage in this example). I'm not sure how anyone could assume that adding another route for electricity to flow would increase resistance...this is really simple stuff...if you think of it in simple terms, it makes perfect sense.
In the case of series connecting your lipos, you're not providing an alternate route for energy, you are adding to the path in which it has to travel. In this case, resistance is increased. These are the wires that you want to keep short. When you calculate wire length for your Schulze ESCs, do not count additional parallel wires. Only wire inside the pack for series connections, series connections between lipos, and the wire from pack(s) to ESC are relevant.
I would personally buy the 5000mah or 6000mah lipos, but not because I think one will have a distinct advantage over the other. I would do it this way because the packs are more versatile and can be used in other applications, and because in the event of a cell failure, there is less collateral damage (Only one 5000mah pack would have to be purchased, instead of an entire 10,000mah pack)
Bottom line:
If both setups are the same capacity, and discharge at the same rate (comparatively live up to the C rating claims), you won't see a lot of difference between the two. The difference you will see will be related to the difference in cell quality and internal resistance, not the wiring. Two packs paralleled does not increase resistance due to wiring! In order to believe this, you would have to believe that larger gauge wire increases resistance over smaller gauge wire (which of course is not the case). Electrons will always follow the path of least resistance. Adding an extra path DOES NOT increase resistance, it lowers it...in the same way that adding lanes to a highway will decrease resistance in traffic flow and allow more traffic to travel down the road without increasing the rate at which it's traveling (rate would be voltage in this example). I'm not sure how anyone could assume that adding another route for electricity to flow would increase resistance...this is really simple stuff...if you think of it in simple terms, it makes perfect sense.
In the case of series connecting your lipos, you're not providing an alternate route for energy, you are adding to the path in which it has to travel. In this case, resistance is increased. These are the wires that you want to keep short. When you calculate wire length for your Schulze ESCs, do not count additional parallel wires. Only wire inside the pack for series connections, series connections between lipos, and the wire from pack(s) to ESC are relevant.
I would personally buy the 5000mah or 6000mah lipos, but not because I think one will have a distinct advantage over the other. I would do it this way because the packs are more versatile and can be used in other applications, and because in the event of a cell failure, there is less collateral damage (Only one 5000mah pack would have to be purchased, instead of an entire 10,000mah pack)
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