[Battery Advice]

9 hours ago, Iceni said:

Read up on lipo safety. And get a decent charger and you shouldn't have any issues.

One thing you will have to consider is where you buy them and what connection those batteries come with.

Mini Tamiya, and regular tamiya connections in arsoft are reverse wired. So you can't buy RC batteries and just use them - the motor will try to spin backwards or worse blow the fet.

Deans are wired the correct way for both airsoft and RC.

Hobbyking sell the Airsoft batteries in the lifestyle section.

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/lifestyle/outdoor-recreation/airsoft.html


They also don't always show if it's 7.4v or 11.1v. They do show 2S (2 cells 7.4v) and 3S (3 cells 11.1v) in the descriptions.


You may also find you have to reverse the red and black wires to the charger if you are using standard cables. It's not really an issue if you have a good charger as it'll tell you it's backwards, but cheaper chargers might not. The charger will need the little white JST connector plugging in and then the red and black via a tamiya block. Most chargers do not ship with a mini tamiya to bannana plug adapter, so read the contents section of the charger description.

If it doesn't have the mini tamiya then you will need one of these.

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-9-in-1-multi-connector-charge-lead-w-4mm-banana-plugs.html?queryID=&objectID=85942&indexName=hbk_live_magento_en_us_products
 

You will just have to remember to plug red into black and vice versa on the charger.

As for the charger I would normally say the B6AC but hobby king don't have them in stock stm.

So this one is more powerful and costs the same as a real B6AC It just doesn't look as pretty.

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-accucell-c150-ac-dc-10a-150w-touch-button-smart-balance-charger-eu-plug.html?queryID=&objectID=79276&indexName=hbk_live_magento_en_us_products_hbk_price_stock_1_group_0_asc

Thanks for all the info Iceni. I've a decent grasp of lipos and general circuits so think I'm all good there. Gun is wired to deans and I'll do the same for the batteries.

 

I'm located in Ireland and hobbyking charges an extortionate rate to ship from the uk (over 20£) so I think I'll order a B6AC elsewhere (and verify it's genuine there seems to be a lot of fakes!)

[Battery Advice]

I'm going to go for 7.4v, thanks for the help. The titan batteries are a bit expensive for me.

[Battery Advice]

Making the switch to lipo batteries and looking for some advice on voltage.

 

I'll be running them through a KWA M4, gun fires at 1 joule (playing in Ireland), well shimmed and I'll also be running a gate warfet. I mainly play in semi so trigger response is what I'm after, a ROF ~20rps is fine for me (I'll most likely use the 3 round burst warfet function). 

 

My question is should I get an 11.1v lipo (I've read with a weaker spring one can risk overspin on semi, I'll be using the warfet ROF control for auto to ensure it's ~20rps), or would the response difference with a 7.4 lipo (w/ precocking) be negligable.

 

Both batteries would be 30C/50C burst.

Thanks.