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Well, based on the experience of fourtwentyeight, I e-mailed Duratrax and sure enough they sent me a new battery. Nice!

Well, after what I thought was a lot of good research on lipo I made the switch this past week, including a new icharger. I thought I ordered everything right and ended up with this setup:
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Just normal running (see my "love snow and hate cleanup" thread). That is the run it happened on. When I pulled the pack I almost burned my finger and that is what I found.

chapinb, I have been...

A picture is worth a 1000 words:

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And a long video. No fancy editing, but a lot of fun. Thanks to my wife the cameraperson.

The truck weighed about twice it's normal weight when I was done.

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More fun after 13 inches of snow yesterday...
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I found that it is a lot easier with my kids just to throw the truck in low gear when they drive, then just flip back to high when you take the wheel back.

Thanks for the replies. I thought I remember reading some guys running 3S on a stock truck. Oh well. I swapped my Nimh back in and it runs fine.

Ive had my Summit for a few weeks now and just stopped by my dads house and he happens to have a pair of 4200mah 3s lipos sitting there. From everything I've read, these should work in the Summit. ...

Anyone else love running in snow, mud or anything else, but hate the cleanup afterwards?

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Thank you! I couldn't find it for anything.

Hi all, I decided a couple months back I wanted to get back in RC again. My last RC was the Tamiya Monster Beetle (an upgraded cousin to the Blackfoot). I know that really dates me, for those...