Battery Choice for FT hana mini DIY kit

[phtumshk]

Bought a hana mini DIY kit.
Thought I might be able to shoe horn a 18650 in with a bit of a case fettle but I think it will end in a fail.

Question is has any body used 1 of the turnigy 1200mah lipo batterys in their mods.?
Ive seen 1 in a vapor shark but Im a bit scared of the lipo battery fireball scare stories I have read.
Im mostly worried about charging it with the on board usb chips.
Other wise Im going to have to go with a regular 18500.
Any suggestions/advice welcome.
Thanks in advance.

 

[ambivalent]

Havn't used them yet, but i have some on order at the moment, hobbyking only has them at the hong kong warehouse though and mine have now been in the post for nearly a month, last thing i need to put my little wooden mini box together.

 

[Spadge3k00]

i was also pondering this idea but i believe there are more manufactures of 18500 wich all have a higher mah than the turnigy round lipos, and since dna's taste and perform far better to me personally at 1.5-2 ohms an 18500 would be a far better choice imo.

 

[phtumshk]

Havn't used them yet, but i have some on order at the moment, hobbyking only has them at the hong kong warehouse though and mine have now been in the post for nearly a month, last thing i need to put my little wooden mini box together.

Yep I spent a couple of hours last night trying too track them in the uk with no joy.
Good luck with finishing your box will look forward to seeing it.

i was also pondering this idea but i believe there are more manufactures of 18500 wich all have a higher mah than the turnigy round lipos, and since dna's taste and perform far better to me personally at 1.5-2 ohms an 18500 would be a far better choice imo.

I did read at 1 point someone alleged in the states that their lipo 1200 on a DNA 30 was lasting only 25% less time wise at the same settings as a 2900mah 18650 was lasting which is why I was pondering them.
At some point Im gonna try a lipo but I think for now Im going to go with the 18500s as I know it will go in the case with a bit of a fettle and are easily obtainable.
Thanks for the input fellas.

 

[jediknight129]

In my experience as an airsofters liposuction only sizzle when they are fucked around with or not regularly balance charged.

 

[phtumshk]

In my experience as an airsofters liposuction only sizzle when they are fucked around with or not regularly balance charged.

Thanks for the reassurance, I think I over reacted a little when I watched the 'look what happens when you charge a lipo battery' vids lol.
Im going to try 1 in summat else when I can get hold of 1 in the uk.
Thanks.

 

[Spadge3k00]

Thanks for the reassurance, I think I over reacted a little when I watched the 'look what happens when you charge a lipo battery' vids lol.
Im going to try 1 in summat else when I can get hold of 1 in the uk.
Thanks.

me personally, i have used many lipos in builds but not the 1200 mah round ones, i stacked two 850mah 70c packs in a parallel harness , i did however notice there was no power drop off towards the end of its charge but the 18500 efest did outlast it with a noticable drop off, id did last longer however

 

[Bigwhiterabbitt]

Don't be afraid of the the turnigy 1200mah lipos. Smashing little batterys, very easy to replace. Just order in advance and keep a couple on hand. Cheap as chips but it does take 6 weeks to get them if the UK warehouse is out of stock (which is always)

 

[phtumshk]

BUGGER!
Bin workin on this mini diy kit last couple of days on and off, test fired out the case all workin great.
Thought Id have a go at getting it all in the case today.
Easier said than done these cases are tiny.
Finally thought Id got it all in when I noticed Id managed to pull the screen off the tape.
Needless to say not best pleased with meself at the moment.
Still fires and regulates, just no screen.
I think I will call it super stealth mode.

Did order 2 chips as they where cheap but I think Im keeping the other for a custom box where the tape/screen aint going to be all stretched out.

 

[Bigwhiterabbitt]

Thats bad luck. You know what it was set at before it broke?