I'm running a 350mah 7.4v li-po pack with a regulator running 13.5 oval. My question is between heats can I just recharge the pack or should I discharge first and then charge. Or can I skip the charging and just re-peak the pack.

350mAh pack should easily last you all day without recharging.

Thanks Hankster, new to li-po. Do they have to be discharged after I'm finished racing for the day and should I leave any charge in them till next week

I ran 430 mah lipo's all last year in promod,no regulator,roughly 70 mah used per 4 minute run. Only charged once at the start of the day.

t4, from what I hear about LIPOs... NEVER discharge them - just recharge them.

(Others correct me if I'm wrong)

Thanks guys!!

nope that sounds right do discharging them... and yes you could recharge thoes lipos if you really wanted to but i dont think you should need to...

I was thinking the pack would last a full day of racing but wasn't sure. Guess I'll just have to give it a try. Thanks guys!

What kind of receiver pack are you going to use and do you have a link?

I'm going to use a Thunder Power li-po 350mah 7.4v receiver pack and they have a website. You need a regulator to get the voltage down to 6v, I'm using the Losi high voltage regulator with the switch that I bought thru amain hobbies. The battery I found at Amazon! Hope this helps.

Greg

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/products_id/16549

http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Power-Lithium-Polymer-Battery/dp/B000PEJJGW/ref=sr_1_1/103-1190415-4522213?ie=UTF8&s=toys-an
d-games&qid=1192030712&sr=8-1

Here are the links

Do you really need a voltage regulator? 6 cells have more voltage the a 2 cell lipo.

but with 6 cells, the voltage gets to the receiver through the ESC, where a receiver pack plugs right into the receiver...

I think the ESC's have a voltage regulator in them to only send 5 or 6 volts to the receiver...(Not sure - don't run a receiver pack...but that's what I've heard)

Don,like i mentioned,no regulator needed,i ran my lipo rec.packs all last year in promod.

You guys coming up in a few weeks? i'll be running 10.5 lipo and 17'5 lipo

I remember the first time you ran it. It was at Stockton. I was all most sure that you just plugged it in. It worked great.
Won't be able to race until Dec. Josh is taking a short-term class that has classes on Sat. and Sun. :(

Go LIPO!

I'm running 4 cell guys with a digital servo that needs the 6v in HRS mode on my Futaba radio therefore the need for the receiver pack. Raced without the receiver pack a few times, sometimes I could finish the 4 minutes sometimes I dumped close to the end of the race.