Best 2200mAh LiPo for the Cub?

[father&son]

I know many of you fly with 2200 mAh LiPo's instead of the stock PZ 1300 that ships with the SC RTF.  I'm ready to upgrade my batteries, though I doubt I'll do a brushless motor upgrade for a few more months.  So which 2200's are your favorites for the stock cub?  (i.e. Turnigy, Zippy, etc)

I assume there is some size variability, let alone connectors.  I'm willing to solder, but I'm no soldering whiz, so something with EC3's or compatible would be great.


Thanks in advance!



 

[shambopyro]

Whichever one you choose be wary of the connectors. Those batteries from hobbyking usually dont come with ec3

[flydiver]

Mar 10, 2014 12:47:50 GMT 1 shambopyro said:

Whichever one you choose be wary of the connectors. Those batteries from hobbyking usually dont come with ec3

Pretty much nothing but Eflite/Hobbyzone come with EC3. EC3 is simply a 3.5mm bullet in a plastic holder. XT60 is a 3.5mm bullet in a different (better maybe) plastic holder.
Since HK seems to have become the supplier of cheap RC to the entire world need to take a look at what they supply if you are going to shop there. IMO you can do better, but then I tend to run against the crowd.

Soldering is almost required in this sport, which surprises a lot of new fliers. Hobbyzone is counting on it. They want you to just keep buying those bind and fly planes and all the parts that go with them. It's an effective business model.

[father&son]

Thanks fly. I feel the same as so you about HK...I'm always suspicious of bargain basement huge volume suppliers. So where do you get your 2200's? And what brand do you use? Again, I don't mind soldering....

[flydiver]

Frankly I haven't bought lipos in years. The field is a changing target as EVERYONE is looking for "best+cheap" which in the internet world of immediate communication tends to ruin vendors not being able to supply demand when they get 'discovered'. I've seen that a number of times.

HeadsUPRC is a reputable guy. www.headsuphobby.com/3-Cell-111v-Lipo-Batteries_c71.htm
Interestingly he has some EC3 batteries.
Hobbyparts has been good in the past with Gens Ace being the choice. www.hobbypartz.com/
Value Hobby had a decent reputation.
This is past data that I cannot currently verify.

Note-a newbie characteristic is to go big and go long for batteries. A 1300 gives you about 10" on the Cub. Do you really want to fly for 20+ minutes at a stretch? It's also additional weight that does change the flying characteristics a bit. Not a big deal, and lots of people don't even notice.

[father&son]

Truthfully? Yes I do want to go longer at a stretch. As my son is (slowly) leaning with me, having more time to just set the throttle and work on subtle control with him is key. Getting him to fly big squares as a prelude to landing patterns at the moment. Longer flight times will allow us both to get in some stick time each flight.

[Knackered Sailor]

Why not just get a spare 1300, no mods, no weight difference and simply have 10 mins each?

[father&son]

Could do, of course. I'm leaning toward the longer flight times for the educational value of repetition on the planes in the air.

I'm not trying to make some grand argument in favor of longer flight times, just letting you know where my thinking is.

The bottom line is, knowing myself, I anticipate upgrading my cub eventually anyway. Perhaps not right now when I'm still getting to know RC flying in general. But I'm just curious as to which batteries people use. It's nothing more than that. Just curiosity.

[hghost]

I use the Parkzone batteries that came with the Cub, but I also bought some Turnigy 1300mAh 30C 3S 11.1V Batteries . These have a XT60 Connector ( better end )which work perfectly with the Cub EC3. but also fits my Decathlon and my Cessna 182 .

Depending on how you fly, you can get 10-15 minutes with these batteries or less, but again depends on your flying style.

And since landings and take-offs are part of the hobby,when one lands it just takes a few seconds to install a new battery and take off again.

If you learn to soar as you fly, and use Less motor to do so, your flight time will increase anyway. Going for a larger battery does not hurt, unless it's weight throws you off, and or the ESC gets warmer etc etc....but of course the larger the battery also the price increases.

My Cub still has the stock battery compartment,electronics, so a larger battery will not work, and the Decathlon had to be modified to get the CG correct on it, so placing the battery at an angle up into the fuselage the angle of the windshield makes the CG perfect, to have a larger battery will throw that off...

and the Cessna 182 I am working on, not sure about it yet but it calls for this battery and will use it for now, seeing I already have these batteries, I do not have to buy anymore.

many variables to consider.

Have had no issues with the Turnigy battery and for $11 bucks nice price

I also use Admiral batteries that Motion RC sell. They also have been very good batteries

In Honesty I have had no issues with any battery thus far.

I buy allot from Hobby King, , but I also buy allot from other vendors . I have had no issues from anyone thus far.
When i had a issue with HK ( shipped me the wrong parcel ) they got it straightened out pretty quick, so the issue became no issue pretty quick, unlike many others who seem to have had some problems with them.

But in today's world, and tight money, one has to get what they can as cheap as they can.

[kenninny]

I use zippy batteries, from hobby king, and haven't had any problem with them so far, they come with
a tx60, or a 4mm connector, but I put ec3s on all my batteries, and esc, all of my planes use the same
connectors