How FAST is the BRAND NEW Arrma Fury Mega??? The PERFECT 1st RC Car!!!

[@TheRcSaylors]

Check out the fully RTR version of this RC car here: bit.ly/3Zh64JZ Check out the almost RTR version of this RC car here: bit.ly/4fV3OOf How FAST is the BRAND NEW Arrma Fury Mega 550??? In this video we do a speed test to see how fast that introductory level RC car is. This is definitely the PERFECT 1st RC Car if you are looking to get into hobby grade RC!!! Let us know your thoughts about this RC car in the comments. Disclosure: This description box contains affiliate links. Check out the fully RTR version of this RC car here: bit.ly/3Zh64JZ Check out the almost RTR version of this RC car here: bit.ly/4fV3OOf Hobby Grade Charger: bit.ly/3ZH5EJi Lipo battery upgrade: bit.ly/46YMaoG The products in this video are rated for ages 14+. Amazon RCs: amzn.to/44pklnb FMS: www.fmsmodel.com/bG7_qnRWGKXIak AMain: bit.ly/3FIc1V7 Hobby Zone (Arrows): bit.ly/3Sp3HRR Tower Hobbies: bit.ly/3FB56gq Banggood: ban.ggood.vip/14gJx Redcat: www.redcatracing.com/?ref=FXq96heFYK8m Aviation Apparel: bit.ly/48yTc3Z Fair RC: bit.ly/3QkFJ7r Horizon Hobby: bit.ly/4c8vZXZ Support TheRcSaylors Patreon & Stickers | www.patreon.com/TheRcSaylors Merch | www.thercsaylorsyt.com/shirts Mail | 1140 Carter Ave, P.O. Box 361, Ashland, Kentucky 41101 Social Media TheRcSaylors Shorts | bit.ly/3rN37xp Facebook | facebook.com/thercsaylors Instagram | instagram.com/thercsaylors Twitter | twitter.com/thercsaylors Vlog and Live Channel | kzbin.info SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PATREON FAMILY!! Jim Mulder, john salt, Jose Valentin, Michael Keller, Richard Higginson, Robert Sanges, Russ Cooper, ruudy, Ryan Alexander, Terry Kellogg, Anthony May, Big Mountain Custom RC, Chris Hamlett, David Chenzoff, dmilbrandt, Doug Dahlheimer, Gary Zion, Haar Bear, Jason day, Jeff Buys, Jeffrey Davis, and Jesper Larsen #rc #rccar #arrma

[@justinthyme4154]

A fast toy, designed for people still in their childhood.

[@jeramiahweston8095]

Tamiya makes a few front wheel drive cars! I like the body clip system on this truck.

[@TheTootie52]

LOVE Arrma anything!! SWEET short course car!! I think Bash Mountain should be next!! Thanks Saylors for being so grounded in the video!! What? No more body clips...YES!! 💟👍😎

[@Pauly_______]

You nailed it on the head about Traxxas and Arrma . I own about every brand and Arrma, Losi and Red Cat are my top 3

[@RickyD1968]

Very cool Love the clip system !!!!

[@runnerbaba]

Voltage drop is the answer. Both start with 8,4 Volt (2S Lipo fully charged is 8,4 volt , 4,2 volt per cell), but under load a NIMH drops pretty quick under 8 Volt. Less Volt= Less RPM from the Motor=less Speed

[@thefamjaycrew3901]

I love Arrma RC cars and trucks I use to have Arrma buggy it was awesome and fast always awesome videos my friends 😊😊😊😊⚓️⚓️⚓️

[@why-be-normal7014]

Love that the body looks like a 60’s stingray corvette on the fender

[@stevegerber2076]

Without going too far into Ohms Law, voltage is not voltage. You can have a lower voltage source that can provide more current to achieve the same outcome of a higher voltage/lower current source. Keep up the good work!

[@Billbobaker]

You two have all the best toys and such a loving couple enjoying life. thumbs up ♥

[@PsychoticBovine]

Lipo batteries can sustain their voltage under load. Nimh voltage drop is a lot more under load.

[@TRAVELER197]

I love it! I would love to see some ramp sends!

[@cjchannel12RC]

Great video, Lipos have higher discharge rates and NIMH batteries drop voltage a lot faster under load than Lipos do but most companies include them with lower end cars since their safer to use than Lipos. I definitely plan to get one of these for me and maybe a Gorgon or a 2WD Slash BL-2S Kit for my granddad next year but i may ditch the NIMH straight out of the box and go Lipo since i've been in this hobby since 2020 and know how to use and charge lipo batteries. Cheers and i agree with you about Arrma vs Traxxas.

[@PsychoticBovine]

Kyosho made the Maxxum FF a long time ago, front wheel drive. I saw one race, massive understeer.

[@OmniMan_Racing]

They do make 1/10 fwd touring cars. I have a Xpress Rc FT1s and it's interesting to drive

[@simons6208]

Nice we all love to tincker and upgrade ...😊

[@Boogie_the_cat]

A fully charged 7.4 volt lipo is 8.4 volts, 4.2 volts per cell. So that's why it performs better than an 8.4 volt NiMH

[@Darren.n.RCvids]

Thats a nice cool truck, Not too fast for someone starting out in the hobby, You should check out the ARRMA Gorgon which uses the same new chassis that is in that truck too, Looks like ARRMA is onto a new chassis which works really well, I've had my ARRMA Gorgon for about 6 months now and run it on a 3 cell 11.1 brushless system which makes it go really well. Great video guys.

[@KeithFleming-qs2kh]

Real nice Nate way to go

[@FLYINGLIFERCREVIEWS]

Whoot! The fury is back

[@TheRcSaylors]

Yesss!! 👍💯😎⚓️

[@budmartin8297]

At high speeds, you are discharging the battery at a high current and internal battery resistance becomes a limiting factor dropping the voltage available at the motor. Looks like the Lipo you used has lower internal resistance making more voltage (power) available to the motor. When you make a power run and the battery gets warm or hot, it is because of the internal resistance of the cells.

[@rcpete7055]

You know how good your wife is when they laugh at your dumb jokes 😂⚓✈️🛩️🚤⛵🚁🚀

[@TheRcSaylors]

Abby is the Best!! ❤️😅💯😎⚓️

[@Monster_lover85]

Voltage drop most 2 cell loops start at 8.4 when fully charged and plus the discharge rate is higher on lipo batteries than nimh batteries

[@JmanRc.Justin.Folster]

It does look cool probably get one and upgrade it to brushless...

[@FrankvdBerg]

Its 8.4v fully loaded. But as you use it it starts dropping. Under load it drops under 7.4v while a lipo has a more stable voltage so it will always be about 7.4v.

[@runnerbaba]

Fully charged lipo is 4.2 volt per Cell, not 3.7 volt.

[@TestDriverRC]

Lipo Batteries have a much better Discharge Rate than NiMh Batteries

[@jonnygospel88]

depending on discharge rate and how many times you ran the truck, brushed motors need to seat brushes, usually run better when broken in properly, even brushless need to seat then run better after break in

[@druscanam]

Voltage sag. NiMH has lower discharge so the voltage sags more under load. If the car was geared very low(small pinion) it's possible the 8.4v NiMH would be faster. But the more weight and higher gearing the more voltage sag occurs. Also when 7 cell NiMh batteries are freshly charged they can out perform in top speed a 2S lipo although they advantage using only last maybe 30 seconds at which point the lipo would quicker with the more you discharge the more advantage the lipo has. It's also possible just by doing a 50 and 75% first on the NiMH you may of dropped a couple of mph. You probably noticed when flying your drones or planes on FPV how the voltage sags under load, well on a NiMH is does it much more then a lipo basically.

[@Rcdude2007]

I will say i have a 2WD Rustler and for many years it has been my favorite in terms of maintenance parts and upgrading. But maybe the New Arrma Vorteks 2WD is a worthy contender to the Rustler

[@RickOAA]

My Rustler XL-5 is still my favorite car overall...but the 3S Vorteks 4x4 is the one you want. It's the best RTR out there. I have upgraded the pivot balls only after months of use.

[@Luke-en2tk]

It's because of voltage sag, a Lipo is really good at holding voltage under load an Ni-Mh isn't, top speed is similar in this instance but the acceleration increased quite a lot going to the lipo battery

[@dronesdogs3798]

Wow 😊.. nice my RC Brother and Sister 😮

[@thomasbianculli1804]

BASH MOUNTAIN !

[@sy55legrc]

Chassis is a little like the HPI Jumpshot SC and that is a great handling RC short course truck.

[@beandean356]

HPI Jumpshot SC with Arrma durability is what it is sir! Yes great handling truck the Jumpshot SC and is one of my favourites but weak front end and gearing.

[@patrick-m1]

Love the nails 👍

[@BenjySparky]

Abby and Nate, y'all rock! Peace

[@GSG-lc5zm]

3:49 Lmao! 🤣 Thats exactly what I heard . MARIO!! .. Hey, didn't this truck come out a couple years back, and it got discontinued?

[@TheRcSaylors]

We think it might have been close to 7-9 years ago based on our older videos of it, but basically yes! I think this was when Hobbico owned Arrma and sadly Hobbico was not doing so great then, therefore they wiped a lot of their product line out after the ship sank. Here we are a handful of years later and BAM!! A RTR 1/10 scale awesome truck for $199!! Woot! 👍😎💯⚓️

[@GSG-lc5zm]

@@TheRcSaylors Thought it looked familiar 😉

[@jeeptowtruck1367]

I believe you got one mile an hour faster with the lipo because the lipo discharge is faster which caused you to speed up faster so when you hit your top speed it kind of sort of coasted past your original top speed by one mile an hour

[@sidewinder15599]

Lipo can use a far higher discharge rate than nimh. More watts per second means more power.

[@Magneticitist]

We used to use nickel cadmium batteries in handheld drills a lot back in the day. We've come a long way. I still remember seeing the real world differences. For example oldschool batteries have higher internal resistance and drop fast, but they don't have as sudden a drop off. Could use a drill down to where it got slow but was still barely chugging. With modern Lipos it seems a little weaker then suddenly dies from hard dropoff. While it's holding that voltage though, it's putting out more current than the older alternative.

[@TheRicsta]

Abby grew up playing Mario on Nintendo lol

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Traxxas sells a set of 5 hex drivers on their website for $130. Because they don't give a crap.

[@Robert-z1b5e]

Spur and pinion upgrade will help 100 %

[@TheRcSaylors]

Absolutely 👍💯⚓️

[@EJ-74]

Cool short course, I’d like to see how well it performs on a scale track..

[@ronaldbown2894]

They have made a front wheel drive car it was a nichimo spirit FF it was a front wheel drive buggy LOL anyways good video keep up the good work😊😊

[@SoundStream101]

I like how they went with a LCG Gorgon chassis I think it's a great platform. Especially on a trophy truck or short coarse truck with a full body, you don't get a chassis full of dirt and debris. I would love for them to make a rally car with this chassis or just do some modifying and make this one a rally car .😊

[@TheUnknown714]

I would love for them to bring back the raider on this platform.

[@SoundStream101]

@@TheUnknown714 Absolutely 💯 that would be so awesome!

[@GSG-lc5zm]

I think it's actually the other way around. This truck came out a couple years back and was discontinued... Then the gorgon ,, then this rerelease. Still cool though.

[@SoundStream101]

@@GSG-lc5zm yeah they did discontinued the fury about 4 or 5 years ago along with the Raider, but it was a different chassis.. similar but it was different, more square and hollowed out. And it was a rear motor mounted design the Gorgon is more of a mid engine design chassis.

[@SoundStream101]

@@GSG-lc5zm regardless I'm just happy they re-released them because I never scooped one up when they were making them. But i'm praying they rerelease the Raider tho.😊

[@FarrellMcGovern]

It looks like it needs to be airborne to me.

[@TheRcSaylors]

We can totally make that happen!! 👍😁😎💯⚓️

[@alanbitterman1323]

Extra tools, nice! Looks like they borrowed a lot of chassis design elements from HPI, Jumpshot SC

[@wraith657]

I live in Texas... I interviewed at Traxxas to be a designer. Those guys love the smell of their own farts. After meeting them, I could definitely picture them farting into wine glasses, and sniffing it. Traxxas used to be half my collection. After the interview, I sold everything I had Traxxas. I'm all Arrma, and HPI now. Also... Lipos have a higher outpoiut than Nimh. That's the "C" rating. More amperage, more like a capacitor, and less like a battery. Voltage is like the amount of fuel. Amps is the horse power. Nimh is like running regular gasoline, and Lipo is like running Nitro Methane.

[@DaveItYourselfChannel]

NIIIIIIIIIIIICE! 😁👍

[@alanlocklear4951]

They do make a front wheel drive rc it's made by tamiya and it's a few models starting with the FF-01

[@PsychoticBovine]

I just wish Arrma would release kits. I love building kits!

[@runnerbaba]

the brother model gorgon came as an artr to build!

[@Roman-h1r]

Both!!

[@jalee6587]

You should do speed runs on 100% first. Then ramp it down. You are wearing down the battery a little doing 8 or 9 passes on 50 and 75

[@TheRcSaylors]

You might have a point regarding the NiMh battery and voltage dropping. However we did a test a couple years ago with Lipos to see if 50% up to 75% affected the performance at 100% and it had no effect. This was on Lipos only though. We very well may have dropped the NiMh enough to affect it on 100% like you said though. Good point! 👍💯😎⚓️

[@spenn2007]

I'd be lying if i said i hadn't considered buying traxxas products as recently as yesterday. I declined because their land RC products are overpriced and some of them are unadulterated junk. I'm disappointed in myself for even considering dropping 1,500 on the ultimate stripped gears version of the xmaxx. Bought ANOTHER Losi Promoto Mx, the blue one, got a better product, a more durable product, and saved one grand..

[@jonhowland4985]

A little bit of motor break in could explain the same speed on different voltages

[@runnerbaba]

Voltage drop is the answer. Both start with 8,4 Volt, but under load a NIMH drops pretty quick under 8 Volt. Less Volt= Less RPM from the Motor=less Speed

[@jonhowland4985]

@@runnerbaba pretty sure the LIPo is 7.4. The NiMH is 8.4. More volts equals more rpm equals greater speed. The question was why did less volts equal the save speed. Unless I completely missed something we’re saying the same thing except you don’t answer why he got the same speed with different voltages….

[@runnerbaba]

​@@jonhowland4985lipo fully charged is 4.2 volt per Cell. Most RC Users know that.

[@marcossrojas2085]

Screw Traxxas. Arma Ktraton was my first hobbly grade RC

[@robertv1273]

Just hit the order button this will be my first hobby grade RC car 1. 10 scale.

[@TheRcSaylors]

Sweet!! Did you order the red RTR with battery and charger or the green one that’s a little cheaper without the battery and charger? ⚓️

[@hellishere323]

It's awesome is red or blue 🎉🎉🎉

[@ChristopherBruce-y4w]

The C rating of the battery can drastically affect performance. So maybe this could be an issue? 🤷‍♀️ Love your channel and Nails 💅 💚 Thank You

[@ryancollis4855]

Tamiya make front wheel drive rc's , their Mini for example is front wheel drive

[@kendotek9414]

@9:30 A lipo's voltage sag is different from a NIMH.

[@jasongebhardt9194]

Am I the ONLY one that caught the "Laugh" @ 2:32 Admit it Abbie 🙂

[@booboomarshburn1577]

Traxxas does not have the patent on the air we breathe. I bought my first arma a couple of weeks ago. Super impressed,I used to love traxxas and I watched them grow since the early 90s. My first rc was a marui hunter so I’ve been in this hobby for a long time. If arma started making crawlers they would shut traxxas down. I don’t remember anybody suing them every time they did something that was similar to something else.

[@K5_RC]

I love both brands, but favor Arrma for all the same reasons. Traxxas is dominant in a lot of categories, and despite their flaws as a company, they are still "the best" for a reason. I own way more Arrma and will always favor them for their modularity and ease of use and maintenence/repair. They all break, but Arrmas are easiest on the market to work on

[@TheRcSaylors]

Very good points! Unfortunately we let our morals get in the way of our purchases which means Arrma wins every time. Just can’t send much money, if any to such a company with the wrong principles in our opinions. It doesn’t help that they literally attacked our channel for freedom of speech either some years ago. Had to get big KZbin help involved and everything and Traxxas was entirely in the wrong. We really should have gone more public with it at the time but we’re young and very scared by their threatening lawyers…

[@K5_RC]

@TheRcSaylors Yikes.. I didn't know they got hungry enough to attack KZbin channels.. I knew they were stingy about parts and designs, but knowing this information might slow me down in buying their stuff as well. Real shady stuff, Traxxas

[@TheRcSaylors]

I’ll see if I can find our older video talking about this. It’s been a while, but I’ll grab it if I come across it. Worth a watch just so you know where your money is going.

[@K5_RC]

@TheRcSaylors thanks. Keep it up guys.

[@Roman-h1r]

Sometimes it gets a bit much especially if u keep beating on it and don’t know what parts to buy for it upgrades wise

[@SmoochieMcgoo]

Lower voltage, but likely a better power/weight ratio with the LiPo

[@KlintonWyont]

Possibly the lipo battery weighs less than the stock battery pack and that is why you get more speed?

[@TheRcSaylors]

Makes perfect sense!! 👍💯😎⚓️

[@KlintonWyont]

@@TheRcSaylors wow thanks for replying I figured you guys would be way too busy absolutely love your channel and I appreciate you talking back to me y'all have a blessed day 😎🤟

[@jalee6587]

Well do a fresh charge at 100 power on the nimh you might hit 24 25mph. dont do 10 passes on low and medium speeds first. Try doing a voltage reading after your low and medium speed runs id bet you lost .2 volts on that nimh already. Plus nimh has alot of voltage drop under load so at full speed full load you may only have 7.8v to the motor while a lipo will have full 8.4 voltage even under load

[@CJTJBI1]

Yooo did they re re the fury?!?!?

[@gregmcclure2640]

Lipo gives more amperage. Geared to exploit the maximum current delivery of the NiMh battery.

[@lylekehrer6159]

I switched both my Mashigan and my Atlas 1/10 .. question though about that Ty Xin 768 jet boat, can you just put a lipo in or do you need to take things apart and switch something? Really haven't had time to dig in and look . Haven't checked this out yet, but I would say this color. Interested in seeing it on a dirt track.

[@GSG-lc5zm]

Ok.. The lipo is lighter and can DISCHARGE it's power faster (dump it! depending on the C rating)

[@jeeptowtruck1367]

I believe it got to its top speed faster with the lipo so therefore it costed past the top mile an hour you previously had buy one mile an hour and then maintained

[@bradkalman2353]

Might have to do with ampage too.

[@booboomarshburn1577]

That’s a slash killer and that’s hard to do

[@darkdaze3860]

Hey Nate and Abby! Maybe lipo releases more energy??

[@runnerbaba]

Voltage drop is the answer. Both start with 8,4 Volt, but under load a NIMH drops pretty quick under 8 Volt. Less Volt= Less RPM from the Motor=less Speed

[@badassYJ69]

I have a slash vxl, it is fast and traxxas has a lot of aftermarket support but they are over priced for what they are and have not really changed over the years except for going to a clipless body system. Arma should have done this long ago, its great to see this for our hobby especialy with todays economy. This will definately help get more people involved hopefuly see more kids getting into it again✌️

[@boomjeep99]

$200 tho I'd go senton I think like 30$ cheaper? Great video guys keeping us up to date

[@K5_RC]

Nah, the Senton BOOST is getting discontinued. I have a couple BOOST trucks and they're actually not good at all. Junky gears, junky slipper clutch, and they really aren't designed to be 2wd, so that $160 price immediately jumps to $200 with the 4x4 kit to make it even remotely fun to drive. These use much much better gears and are actually designed to be 2wd. And being on the Gorgon platform, it's nearly indestructible.

[@runnerbaba]

@@K5_RC Senton is very good and in europe much cheaper as the Fury. 2wd the Fury will be much better, because Senton is a 4wd Plattform. Slipper is fine, for brushed and 2s Power. Gears are fine for 2s power and can be upgraded. Fury cant be upgraded to 4wd! But it can easier be upgraded to brushless.

[@K5_RC]

@runnerbaba yeah, I just hate the. 48p garbage gears on the brushed version. $240 close to $300 to properly upgrade the BOOST and MEGA 4X4 trucks. Not a fan. But yes, it can be upgraded to 4x4, but it shouldn't ever have been sold any other way. The BOOST trucks are really just a gimmick so you have to buy the upgraded parts lol

[@runnerbaba]

​@@K5_RCyep, the boost models are stripped down like the gorgon and fury. But on sale the boost models were ok. Mega models were gone, blx is not always needed...and more expensive. Brushed is never good, but gets you started.

[@K5_RC]

@runnerbaba yeah brushed is just fun because it's so affordable. And it's great for when you don't want to just beat the junk out of something. I ordered this Fury and I just bought a Slash XL-5 2WD from my LHS. Gonna do a comparison video at some point. Brushed is just really enjoyable for me

[@rc-fannl7364]

NiMh has more voltage sag under load, and struggles more to deliver high currents. So while the voltage is higher for a 7 cell NiMh vs 2S LiPo, the Lipo will usually be faster

[@runnerbaba]

Voltage is not higher. 2s lipo fully charged is 4.2 volt x 2= 8.4 volts.

[@johnwayne666]

Where have you guys been???? 🤔

[@TheRcSaylors]

What do you mean? 🤔⚓️

[@johnwayne666]

@@TheRcSaylors I hadn't seen anything from you guys in a long time..honestly had forgot about you guys...I was subscribed ..I'm not anymore...did you guys unsub me or block me and just unblock me...I don't recall being negative towards you guys..I genuinely liked watching your content.. Im not sure what it was ..🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JFlyer1973]

Love the truck, the price, the concept… hate the body. Lol

[@TheRcSaylors]

Oh no!! Is it the color or the shape of it? Or both? 🤔⚓️

[@JFlyer1973]

@@TheRcSaylors it’s the shape. The swept back fenders kill it for me. Like trying for the “looks fast standing still” look and only accomplishing a swept back hodge podge over the wheels. And this when my personal preference is more on the scale side so it’s mostly a me thang. Lol just looks too… odd for my personal taste.

[@TheRcSaylors]

Sure I understand. It does have a different look. Almost like a Tesla truck sort of boxy vibe too doesn’t it? Good news, a TON of bodies fit this without having to drill any holes 👍💯😎⚓️

[@jessegames6714]

thank you for the great content

[@bradkalman2353]

It should be a speed run of a tamiya .😂

[@MohammedHazim-ob4vn]

I think it’s based off the armour Gorgon

[@TheRcSaylors]

That and likely the old Voltage line up 👍💯😎⚓️

[@gillian9178]

Its slower on the stock nimh battery due to more voltage sag, even though the voltage is higher. Lipo's dont sag as much under load as nimh batteries.

[@runnerbaba]

Voltage is the same! 8,4 volt fully charged! (4,2 Volt per Cell x 2 for 2S = 8,4 volt). Voltage sag/drop is less with Lipo.

[@chestypuller9614]

Battery weight?

[@tmyers1492]

Amps are what matters not voltage

[@rokkiheebeli]

It’s about the current (amperage) discharge Rate more than voltage. Old, flask-like flaslight battery, 4.5V is more powerful than much smaller 9V battery, because the higher current discharge. As in C rating. You know, when you have 2 packs of 2S, one is 15c and the other 40c. Both 7.4v, but noticeable difference. Thanks for not bringing up the ’big dude’ in this one😊

[@mhuser78]

What is the difference in weight between the two batteries?

[@bradleymartin2662]

the 50% limit on that transmitter is worthless it doesnt apply to reverse so it still goes full speed in reverse

[@RC4us]

they should've just left the boost line as it has a lot more room to grow you into the hobby then this one does not downing the gorgon but they should've done something else

[@dru106]

Screw Traxxas!! Thats why i refuse to buy any of their RCs even though I was tempted lol

[@boothby18]

The only reason I say Traxxas over arrma is because I enjoy my nitro RCs if arrma comes out with a nitro I would think about picking one up

[@davidrivero7943]

Have Arrma & that other sue happy brand . They all break , they both have parts support & they all bring me joy . When there's issues is hardly the rc but a 3rd Party Hobby Shop trying to screw over a consumers .

[@mary0224]

A few things . I like the size of the car . To bad its not 4 wheel drive . How does it handle a ramp ? And just say what the heack run it on 6S !!

[@Adeerinheadlights]

Everything can't be 4wd 😅 LOL, there is no need for it.

[@rebelliousrebel420]

Discharge rate on LiPo is better

[@Adeerinheadlights]

Beginners don't usually use LiPo. This is a beginner truck, yes LiPo is better but Nimh still work fine.

[@kennysilvers-z4x]

From the perspective of someone who races SCT on the track regularly: ARRMA's on crack and never on the track lol

[@rcjawn4479]

Lithium polymer (LiPo) batteries can be lighter and have a better power-to-weight ratio than nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, which may explain why an RC car might go faster with a LiPo battery than an NiMH battery

[@RobertHettinger-b5x]

Weight difference ?

[@TheRcSaylors]

Good thought for sure, yes 👍💯😎⚓️

[@looneylonzo28]

truck looks OK but that chassis reminds me something from like Toys “R” Us toy, hobby grade chassis. I guess I watch the video and see if you bash it a little bit.

[@beerman2221]

bash mountain

[@RC-Closer1313]

Does it have something to do with the discharge rate of the lipo compared to the Nic battery?

[@looneylonzo28]

higher discharge rate gives you more punch nickel, metal, hydride batteries don’t have that high of a discharge rate. and the nickel metal hybrid if you have it on a charger and you pay attention to its max voltage on a smart charger its max voltage will be just a little higher than what it states so with a lithium battery except it’ll have a higher state of charge. It’s all about discharge rate. Burst rate. That’s my guess.