Advice for next purchase of batterys 450SE v2

[matt27]

can u post a linky to the turnigy batts please
cheers

[clubb699]

HI

I have just ordered 4 of these Turnigy 2200mAh 3S 25C Lipo Pack from here £50 all in



HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store :

Thanks all

clubb699

[matt27]

was just looking at the turnigy's and came across this
HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store : Turnigy BULK BUY 2200mAh 3S 20C ($14.99ea / 36pc box) $539.95
great idea of a club

[lex7919]

Hi all,

Excellent feed back there thank you all for your input, alex nice comparsion time to buy some new batterys .

Hey Alex i just noticed your only on my doorstep (Telford) been there today got dragged behind the other half shopping for over 2 hours lol.

clubb699

Ar the joy's of Telford shopping centre! wherre all the ignorant people go to shop lol, you must of noticed. Im been dragged there myself shortly, If you are ever over this way and fancy meeting up for a fly one day id be up for that just get in touch.

[lex7919]

Hey Brin,

I hadn't actually thought what you would be using them for, just presumed for your heli well you know what they say about presumption!
Just reading my post back now i hope you understand i wasn't really talking about the ones i sold mate, just more generall observations of the brands from my own experiences and those of friends. I started with flightpowers and never really saw where the money was going. Which was why i stopped buying them but i wouldn't sell anything to anyone else in "our" hobby that i didn't truely belive to be in good working order. I know i dont have to explain mywself but i didn't want any conclusions been incorrectly drawn from that post.

[clubb699]

Hi Alex,

Hehehe i hate shopping full stop i Yeah will have to sort a meet up one day (once i get a bit better at forward flying ) i should be fine once i got the power from the new batterys on order.

Just been out to get the feathering shaft from Penn from yesterdays bump, cant wait untill i install it later once the babs in bed.

Lee

[brin]

Hey Brin,

I hadn't actually thought what you would be using them for, just presumed for your heli well you know what they say about presumption!
Just reading my post back now i hope you understand i wasn't really talking about the ones i sold mate, just more generall observations of the brands from my own experiences and those of friends. I started with flightpowers and never really saw where the money was going. Which was why i stopped buying them but i wouldn't sell anything to anyone else in "our" hobby that i didn't truely belive to be in good working order. I know i dont have to explain mywself but i didn't want any conclusions been incorrectly drawn from that post.

alex absolutely no reason to explain mate ,the flightpower ones are very good for sport flying but i had already ordered some turnigy ones for the helis and as i already have some flight power ones i just thought i would get some more for my planes as i needed more weight up front and doubling them up solves the problem and gives me more flight time.

[lex7919]

Hi Alex,

Hehehe i hate shopping full stop i Yeah will have to sort a meet up one day (once i get a bit better at forward flying ) i should be fine once i got the power from the new batterys on order.

Just been out to get the feathering shaft from Penn from yesterdays bump, cant wait untill i install it later once the babs in bed.

Lee

Hey,

Don't i spent 3 bloody hours in that place this afternoon!! with every glimpse of outside i just wanted to be down the field lol, oh well needs must i guess,
Yeah well any time you feel like it Lee we can arrange something im sure its good to fly with others, when times right for you get in touch.

Alex.

[clubb699]

Hi Alex,

No way 3 hours lol i had to go back up there about 3.30 ish because for the 3 years i did not realise i had a V1 well its sort of V1.5 T-rex its pretty well mixed with V1 and V2 stuff Any how i brought a V2 feathering shaft instead of the V1 if you was in there around that time and seen a bald ugly chap showing his 2 year old daughter helicopters and cars that was me


Lee

[frequentflyer1234]

Batteries

I'm Turnigy all the way, unless you're into hard 3D etc which most people aren't. I'd go for the Turnigy or Rhino, I run the Turnigy 2650 30c's on my 500 and they are excellent, why pay more?

[BaRoN30s]

thinking of trying 1 of these RapidCharge 11.1v (3S) 2200mAh 25C From Heliguy.com just wondered if anyone had got 1 & if they were any good.?

[lex7919]

see you in there next time lee, as ill be the lankey bugger showing my lad the same things lol.

[lex7919]

thinking of trying 1 of these RapidCharge 11.1v (3S) 2200mAh 25C From Heliguy.com just wondered if anyone had got 1 & if they were any good.?

honestly?? No i wouldn't 2 reasons maybe the first should be said quitely
I dont use HeliGuy period! there attitude is not the most appealing shhhhhh.
And second that pack is a complete unkown! stick to what works and for that price you could buy 2 zippy's or turnigys which are NOT the same by the way. But both are good.

[BaRoN30s]

that i'll do for me.

cheers lex7919 there's a free pint in it for ya next time i see ya out..

[asomaro]

thinking of trying 1 of these RapidCharge 11.1v (3S) 2200mAh 25C From Heliguy.com just wondered if anyone had got 1 & if they were any good.?

I hate to contradict a fellow flyer - but in the interests of fair play and a balanced view.......Lex7919 said that these are "untried" and of course he is right. However, I thought I'd give these a try and to be honest I've never had any issues with Heliguy and the price was very good and they mentioned that they are built by a company that they have been dealing with for 3 years - so in for a penny and all that.....

I actually bought 4 of the 25c 2200's. They were individually packed - correctly charged for shipment - and delivered within 2 days (before postal issues).

Since then I've only put three charges through each of them - and they are absolutely fine. I'm getting good flight times and the size and weight suite my 450 very well. They seem to maintain power well and re-charge without any issues but then this is to be expected so early in their life!

I guess only time will tell if the £18 per battery was a "sound" investment or not, but so far so good. I am keeping a record of the status and will give some more feedback after 30 cycles or so.

A while ago I bought 2 x 2200 Outrage batteries which cost the same as all 4 of the Heliguy ones - and I can't really see the difference at all (apart from the fact that the Outrage ones cost double, weigh more and are larger!)

I guess you pay your money and take your choice!

Cheers,