New to TRex - what lipo?

[Gav]

Hi - Sorry if this is a repeat question but what lipo would you reccomend for trex450? I am after long flight time for general flying and I have been led to believe FlightPower lipos last the longest. I have given up on buying cheap lipos as you always seem to get what you pay for and what seems like a bargain hardly ever turns out to be worth it in the long run.
I have an esky 11.1V 2100mah 20c at the moment which doesn't seem too bad giving around 8 mins ish in my recently acquired rex 450XL(not actually timed it yet). Would be nice to have over 10 mins.

cheers
Gav

[Dashik]

Well personally I got 4 Revo 2100 packs. They are very good. Probably the best packs bar none.

Also I use a Cellpro 10s to charge them. It will do 2 at a time in 30 mins ish.

So if your upto it then you can pretty much fly constantly

[Aidi]

Maxpoly are also a good battery. Good pricing too. Might be worth checking these out too.

Rgds
Aidi

[Leebert]

Agree with the above. Have Revo 2100 3s for the 450 and use Maxpoly packs on the 500. Very happy so far

www.aurorra.com

www.maxpoly.co.uk

Not so happy with my Flight Power packs - didn't last many cycles before flight times and headspeed started to tail off

[moyesboy]

Flightpower and Thunder power seem to have a good markeing campeign and if you are in a shop and ask for a quality battery chances are they will offer you one of these two.
however there seems to be a swell of opinion that these packs may well give the best power initillly but they go off quite quickly (in 30 or so cycles) and so overall they can be dissappointing.
I've been using aurorra's revolectrix 2100 3 cell and they have been very good. I have one that is 18 months old and it performs the same as the other two that are only 6 month old.
Other good lipos, going from opinions on here that you can search out, are outrage, electrolite, maxpoly. All these should be good for over 100 cycles.
Things move reasonably quickly in lipos, prices creep down and performance goes up, which is nice, however the keen pilots here will always go for more power, fit a hungrier motor and a bigger pinion and end up with a flight time of sub 5 minutes. you should get 8+ mins of gentle flying with a new 2100 or 2200 pack and the 430L that is probably in your trex.

[Cskinner]

It seems opinions vary quite a lot on the flightpower packs. Friend of mine who does extreme 3d and competitions recommeded FP to me, and says that for him they last 100 or so cycles. Others say 30, others say 60 ish. Seems to vary a lot, but im completely new to the hobby so i guess ill find out with my FP Evo-Lite 2500

[Made2Fade]

Outrage packs are the ones to go for at the moment id say. I know lots of people harping on about them but i only own 1 outrage pack and its a 5000mah RX pack in my 700. So cant really comment on how good they actually are but thats the word anyways. Personally the only flight packs i own for my electrics are FP ones so i dont know anything other. Never had any problems with any of mine and havent noticed power dropping or anything. Maybe i aint flying them hard enough but wouldnt say im tootling about lol
Cheers
Lee

[fatmantom]

i'm using electrolite's offerings of 3s batterys on my damanding scorpion motor

and i really am impressed, handling really well and a good price. 30C one espeicially is sh!t hot (although not to the touch )

[moonmanflyer]

A vote here for electrolite and tornado, are defo the best packs out of the very mixed bag i own