new lipos

[Rumdog]

Laugh Out Loud!!!

[Bill-SOCAL]

i might of been wrong in stating these lipos charge in 15 minutes , but what cracks me me up is nobody has said how long they would take to charge @ 5c ,only that there is not much time difference between 1c & 2c ! so if anyone has charged some smaller packs at 5c it would be interesting to know the time they charged in ?

I want to know what charger you have that is capable of the 33 amp charge rate and 550 watt power rating to charge that 4S 6.5 amp-hour pack of yours.

About the best you can do with most chargers is 20 amps, which would be about 3C for your packs.

[scoota]

Bill read my post again !! i said has anyone charged some smaller mah 5c charge rated packs @ 5C & how long did they take? I know there is not a charger on the market to charge 6500 mah packs @5c ......

[scoota]

you guys need to read stuff better i didnt say i charged my 6500 packs in 15 minutes .. i just quoted what hyperions charging times were & i edited my post so i wouldnt miss lead anyone into buying these packs !!!! you guy are way to serious unlike us Aussies LOL

[Bill-SOCAL]

OK, I was confused and missed your edited post. Sorry.

So what charger are you using and what kind of charge times are you seeing at your maximum charge rate??

[scoota]

I have just got the new hyperion 180 w 15amp charger the other day & like you said there is not a lot of time saved from charging @ 2.5c still taking 40 to 50 minutes

[scoota]

Clearly everyone thought i was saying i charged my 6500 mah packs down at the lake thats not the CASE ! I was just quoting what i read on the hyperion Australia web site guys it states that the new G3 lipos can be charged in 12-15 minutes & i dont think they ment the 6500 packs seeing there is not a charger big enough to do them @5c ...

This is getting OLD can we start a new topic/ post. lol

[Bill-SOCAL]

I have just got the new hyperion 180 w 15amp charger the other day & like you said there is not a lot of time saved from charging @ 2.5c still taking 40 to 50 minutes

Got it. It is sort of amazing isn't it?

[Raydee]

guys , these hyperion lipos are worth looking at , can be charged @ 5c good value & gobbs of power @ 35c ,oh you will get 4x more charges out of them compared to any other lipo on the market if looked after, lets hope they fit in my UL-1 when it gets here. cause i was reading the battery lenght has to be under 155mm & there 156mm not including the leads

I was one of the guys that believed all the hype on the G3 cells and have been nothing but happy since. These packs BLEW away every other pack that I have owned. Forget about the 5c charge rate, that wasn't even a selling point for me. The selling point was the amazing amount of power these cells were putting out while still staying cool in the process. I now have 12 of these packs and they are awesome to say the least. I will post back when I have over a 100 cycles on them, most of my TP, FP and poly RC packs didn't do very well past 30 cycles last season.

I have to say I didn't realize that Hyperion had 6500mah packs out, might have to give a couple a try next

[Doug Smock]

I was one of the guys that believed all the hype on the G3 cells and have been nothing but happy since. These packs BLEW away every other pack that I have owned. Forget about the 5c charge rate, that wasn't even a selling point for me. The selling point was the amazing amount of power these cells were putting out while still staying cool in the process.

I don't care about the charge rate either, I still charge at 1c. They deliver and they are just cool cells. I think the secret is in the blue heat shrink.

[planezero]

Where did you get the G3 VX6500 mah ? I dont see them on rclipos.com.
Do these new generation benefit from preheating like the old generation ?
Or would it even be detrimental to the battery life ?

[Raydee]

Steven Hill here on the boards can get them. Allerc also has them. I can imagine that these cells can and should be preheated if you run in a colder climate.

[Brushless55]

you guys need to read stuff better i didnt say i charged my 6500 packs in 15 minutes .. i just quoted what hyperions charging times were & i edited my post so i wouldnt miss lead anyone into buying these packs !!!! you guy are way to serious unlike us Aussies LOL

Sooooo, what pack did you charge in 12-15mins?
any lipo pack charged at a 5c rating will charge in the same time... 1500mah pack to a 6500mah pack and bigger

[Stealth Assassin]

What esc are you using with these packs? Is that like 192.5 amps with those packs or Is my math wrong??? 5.5 x 35?

I monitor the voltage of each cell during the charge and agree with Fluid completely. Most of the charge time is the very end where the cell sits at say "4.18V" for about 30 minutes or so....

As for the length of the 5500's, they measure 6.25". Here is a photo of them in the UL-1. Got a great deal on these (I think I paid around $65 a pc). They fit perfectly, just have to make sure the leads are on the inside (closest to the motor) to prevent kinking, etc... Kinking kills copper wire!

As for performance, I haven't had a chance to compare apples to apples with another boat running the same set-up, but can definitely say they're not dogs!

[Raydee]

The only thing I noticed on the G3 packs is that they seem to have shorter run times compared to my other packs. I guess because they have so much more punch and power compared to some other cells that they tend to drain a little faster in the process. Def a trade off that I don't mind though.