I decided to add a 5th cell to my skyline but i wanted to do it a little different. I cut out the space behind the clip that holds the body down.
I had to cut out the center bumper mount at the rear and the extra platic that is in the center. This alows you to put in the light kit with less interference. Another cool side efect is the extra weight at the back improves the traction of the back tires and over all stability.
For people like me that are conserned about the 5 cell mod on the electronics. There seems to be no problems.
It is important that you wire it corectly. My method was to cut the wire that conects the two batery holders and conect them to the 5th cell.
The positive end of the first original holder conects to the negative end of the 5th cell. Then the positive end of the 5th cell goes to the negative of the second original holder.
It is inportant that the original conection is severed between the two original holders or the efect of the 5th cell won't work.
To find the conecting wire look for the black wire that goes from the bat holder in one side with the spring end (negative) and conects at the other side holder with the flat end (positive).
I hope this is helpfull.
For what it's worth, I have run 2 lithium polymer cells on mine and everything seems to hold up well. This is equivalent to 6 nicads.
Note that I didn't stall the wheels with throttle applied as a worst case scenario test, so try this at your own risk. But for all out power and speed, it's hard to beat considering the power and lighter weight. Just be sure to use a stock motor to keep the current as low as possible. I would be afraid to do this mod on a stage 2 motor.
I would be interested in knowing how well the stock electronics can handle 8.4V under a heavy load though....
5th cell is safe
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