{"id":1318,"date":"2020-02-08T07:12:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T07:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2020-07-16T03:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T03:57:05","slug":"lipo-vs-nimh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Lipo VS Nimh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The photo shows a small 2000mah 20C 2s lipo VS a 7.2V 5000mah Nimh pack.<\/p>\n<p>The Nimh pack is twice as large and almost 4 times as heavy.<\/p>\n<p>They deliver almost the same power. The Nimh pack does last longer though.<\/p>\n<p>When running on a lipo we need to be careful not to overrun too much or we risk harming it (it can get damaged when the voltage drops too low).<\/p>\n<p>Nimh is almost worry free in terms of charging and decharging.<\/p>\n<p>There are always tradeoffs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/lipovsnimh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1320\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/lipovsnimh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/lipovsnimh.jpg 637w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/lipovsnimh-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video below shows how an offroad performs with a Nimh and a stock 540 brushed motor:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hdb6QL0U7LI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video shows a Boomerang running on a 7.2V Nimh:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mp7pxkiTTxQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video shows the same Boomerang running on a small 7.4V Lipo:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_BGYsWl2Qs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The photo shows a small 2000mah 20C 2s lipo VS a 7.2V 5000mah Nimh pack. The Nimh pack is twice as large and almost 4 times as heavy. They deliver almost the same power. The Nimh pack does last longer though. When running on a lipo we need to be careful not to overrun too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions\/1400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}