RC Cars

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A place for RC car/truck enthusiasts to have discussions, ask questions, chat, brag, etc...

This is meant to be sort of a Lemmy version of Reddit's r/rccars

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New community, welcome! (self.rc_cars)

submitted 2 years ago by MetalAirship to c/rc_cars

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Welcome! This is a brand new community so to get some posts rolling and some discussions started, feel free to post a picture/text list of some of the RC cars you have, which one(s) is/are your favorite(s), and why

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[–] Mac 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've got an old brushed Traxxas Rustler around somewhere. Recently I've been thinking about digging it out and driving it around.
I bet my batteries are wasted, though...

Any battery recommendations?

[–] MetalAirship 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice, I've considered getting one of those before. I usually use whatever is cheapest. I race with some other guys and we agreed to use 2s batteries only, I usually get the Zeee brand on amazon but thats only because its cheap. Really I would just get the cheapest lipo that has a hard outer shell and the right connector for your truck

[–] Mac 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll look into that!
Would i need to change the ESC or anything?

[–] MetalAirship 3 points 2 years ago

Depends what you have, make sure you don't put a battery with too many cells on it, and make sure the connector matches. If you have a weird proprietary connector, you can probably bring it to a hobby shop and they would switch it for you. The one near me charges like $5 to solder on a different (more common) connector - was worth every penny. IC5/EC5 seems to be the best choice at the moment for the 2-4 cell batteries