Our Mini revo VXL 1/16 !! ...dirt, jumps and speed!

Me and my bashing buddy got one Mini Revo VXL each last friday, heres some footage we made over last week end, for the bashing parts we use 2 traxxas 1200mah nimh batteries in serie, top speed was 43 mph (not on video..) we later begun some top speed test, its a first test but we still got it up to 63mph with ease, just have to be careful to go EASY on throttle :D we were not using Nimh for top speed....

Thats a really nice truck, a LOT of fun to drive and pretty though, nothing broke yet, just make sure you dont do standing backflip and you will be fine...

More to come,

Thx for watching!! :)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• traxxas
• mini
• revo
• vxl
• 1/16
• brushless
• bashing
• test
• speed
• radar
• dirt
• jumping
• electric
• rc

[anddreas2lair]

How do you run nimh mode?

[MikePeperni]

@anddreas2lair It is described in the manual, but theres a button on the esc.

[anddreas2lair]

But I just spent a lot of money buying nice batteries + charger etc... Can I still do 4s series without breaking anything?

[MikePeperni]

@anddreas2lair Its been done, but dont do it long time, just try it... its way too much anyway. 2S feel slightly slower than two good nimh, but 3S is a lot of power for this thing. I suggest you to keep 2S and buy a 3S for fun. You will need to run nimh mode to be able to run 3S lipo otherwise it will hit the cut-off voltage limiter.

[anddreas2lair]

Can I run 2 2s in series just asphalt?

[MikePeperni]

@anddreas2lair 4S is overkill, you will have TONS of power on 3S, 4S is crazy...and unecessary :) Youll be able to do rolling backflip on 3S. And theres a overheat protection, but if you hit it all the time good chance the esc will not live as long.

[anddreas2lair]

Yeah I know that it's in the manual, but what is the difference between lipo mod an nimh mode? You do the same steps, so what's the difference?

[anddreas2lair]

And is there a shut down on the esc before it overheats to protect it?

[MikePeperni]

@anddreas2lair If you have the brushed motor version then yes 3S will be too much, if you have the VXL brushless its ok, but watch the temp. I ran 2S no problem , two 2S 2200mah in parralel to make 4400mah, over 40min. of runtime no problem, did hit the overtemp protection a few times on 3S playing in sand.

If you run just on asphalt 3S is ok.

[anddreas2lair]

I went on the traxxas forum and this guy said series and parallel will both get fire wit just even 2s 2200mah x2 the ones from traxxas (which is in the mail for me right now, so I was scared)