Well, maybe I'm a bit biased about gel cells. I hate them. They take longer to start the motor, because they have less power. I hate charging them for 18 hours too. They cost a lot, but Tower recently got one that is 5ah, but I dont know if its stock yet.
Everyone has a use for a couple good 7.2 sticks, why get into a whole different battery charging issue when you can stay with what is convenient and more powerful, and LIGHTER.
As far as run time? You are probably right about that, but ask the racers. They all use the two battery settup and dont complain.
My box fired up my motor easily the whole night. I stalled it and otherwise used that box well. No problems. You saw how fast that truck lit up. I charged those batteries a week ago, so they ran on whatever was left after sitting a week.
To hook them up. just make a simple Y harness to link the batts in series for the 14.4 volts. Just like here (half way down page): http://www.swami-rc.com/tips.htm
Also, true, that two stick packs at radio shack will cost 50 bucks, as opposed to twenty bucks for a gell, but I was just figuring that you had a couple packs laying around, like me.
So, if you dont have any 7.2 volt batteries, or a 7.2 volt charger - then you might as well stick with the gel cell if its all the same to you. I just prefer stick packs. I even converted my Nylint rock crawler to use double stick packs instead of the gel cell.
Everyone has a use for a couple good 7.2 sticks, why get into a whole different battery charging issue when you can stay with what is convenient and more powerful, and LIGHTER.
As far as run time? You are probably right about that, but ask the racers. They all use the two battery settup and dont complain.
My box fired up my motor easily the whole night. I stalled it and otherwise used that box well. No problems. You saw how fast that truck lit up. I charged those batteries a week ago, so they ran on whatever was left after sitting a week.
To hook them up. just make a simple Y harness to link the batts in series for the 14.4 volts. Just like here (half way down page): http://www.swami-rc.com/tips.htm
Also, true, that two stick packs at radio shack will cost 50 bucks, as opposed to twenty bucks for a gell, but I was just figuring that you had a couple packs laying around, like me.
So, if you dont have any 7.2 volt batteries, or a 7.2 volt charger - then you might as well stick with the gel cell if its all the same to you. I just prefer stick packs. I even converted my Nylint rock crawler to use double stick packs instead of the gel cell.
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