The lighter weight of the shorty battery will have less weight on the tires creating a smaller contact patch for less traction, also there is less overall weight transfer (but faster) during braking/acceleration/turning. But pretty much everything can be compensated with tuning.
Generally, the lighter battery increases the power-to-weight ratio, which is usually better overall.
I'd like to mount a shorty Lipo across the chassis on my Ultima ReRe and have found this on Shapeways:
Has anyone used this and have any thoughts, and even better - some pictures?
There's not a lot to go on based on the Shapeways page...
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might reach out to Ed and see if there is a more local printer than Shapeways (Although I thought they had printers in different countries to avoid needing to ship internationally?).
I was setting of my new re-re to run next week and decided to go shorty. I order a pack off amazon and one off ebay to compare. The picture below shows what I found. The middle pack is basically the same size as what I have always had and was the...
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If you guys are interested in running shortie packs side to side I have some custom mounts available that bolt right into to rc10's.
I've sold quite a few sets of these.
Hello im building a RC10T2 and hoping to run lipo 7.4v stick pack and shorty battery's, has any one got some suggestions battery holder (photos) or a link to a previous discussion
Thanks veeza :-)
Was at my local track checking things out w my son. Tallied w the owner and he recommended a shorty pack so i could move the battery forward to handle the F/R weight ratio. What do you guys think and what kind?
