Best battery for my ft guinea pig?

[Fredioactive]

If this is the wrong place to post this let me know.

I'm still relatively new to the RC plane hobby and finished my first kit build a few months ago which was a guinea pig. Only problem is I'm terrible at remembering to storage voltage my batteries so the Lipo i got with the guinea pig died and I couldn't find it being sold anywhere. So I went and got a new lipo from a different brand but that one also bit the dust for seemingly no reason because I absolutely remembered to storage it. Anyway, my question is, what battery would you guys recommend that will keep my bird in the air for a decent while that wont randomly die. I'd say I'm willing to sacrifice some performance for a larger battery if I have more time in the air but not to the point I have to keep the thing at an AOA of 20 degrees just to stay airborne. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Mr NCT]

I've had good success with Tattu batteries. The only ones I've had die are ones that I let get too low by leaving them in the plane or leaving a battery checker hooked up to them.

 

[Mr Man]

I've had good success with Tattu batteries. The only ones I've had die are ones that I let get too low by leaving them in the plane or leaving a battery checker hooked up to them.

I just killed one leaving it in a plane, not even enough charge to power on the checker.😔

 

[Foamforce]

I use a pair of inexpensive 2200mah 3s batteries with a parallel (not serial!) Y adapter. It’s basically a 4400mah 3s, but the 2200mah 3s batteries are cheap and you can use them in a bunch of FT planes.

If you do this, make sure you use a parallel Y adapter, and make sure the two batteries are both fully charged before you plug them in. They have to be at the same voltage.

XT60 Connector 2 to 1 Adapter (Parallel)

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[Mr Man]

I use a pair of inexpensive 2200mah 3s batteries with a parallel (not serial!) Y adapter. It’s basically a 4400mah 3s, but the 2200mah 3s batteries are cheap and you can use them in a bunch of FT planes.

If you do this, make sure you use a parallel Y adapter, and make sure the two batteries are both fully charged before you plug them in. They have to be at the same voltage.

Goldbat batteries?

 

[Foamforce]

Goldbat batteries?

I haven’t heard of that brand. I have a pair of Zeee batteries and a mismatched set with a CNHL with a Gens Ace. You’re not supposed to run mismatched batteries, but I run them down until the worse of the two is 3.8v. The other one is a little higher. They’ve never gotten warm. I also run both of these sets in series for my 6s F16. Very versatile.

 

[Mr Man]

I haven’t heard of that brand. I have a pair of Zeee batteries and a mismatched set with a CNHL with a Gens Ace. You’re not supposed to run mismatched batteries, but I run them down until the worse of the two is 3.8v. The other one is a little higher. They’ve never gotten warm. I also run both of these sets in series for my 6s F16. Very versatile.

Ok, just curious.

 

[Mr Man]

I’ve got some and they seem ok.

 

[tamuct01]

I use a pair of inexpensive 2200mah 3s batteries with a parallel (not serial!) Y adapter. It’s basically a 4400mah 3s, but the 2200mah 3s batteries are cheap and you can use them in a bunch of FT planes.

If you do this, make sure you use a parallel Y adapter, and make sure the two batteries are both fully charged before you plug them in. They have to be at the same voltage.

XT60 Connector 2 to 1 Adapter (Parallel)

valuehobby.com

I did this for the initial run of my Guinea Pig, but I had to add a lot of weight to the nose to get it to balance correctly. I converted it to 4S with different motors and upgraded to a 4000mAh 4S battery. With this, I was able to get rid of the extra nose weight. It also had unlimited vertical, flat spins for days, and all sorts of kooky stuff with that much power.

 

[Foamforce]

I did this for the initial run of my Guinea Pig, but I had to add a lot of weight to the nose to get it to balance correctly. I converted it to 4S with different motors and upgraded to a 4000mAh 4S battery. With this, I was able to get rid of the extra nose weight. It also had unlimited vertical, flat spins for days, and all sorts of kooky stuff with that much power.

You must have had something extra in the tail. My 2x 2200mah 3s balances just perfectly.

4s would be pretty peppy though! I have a couple c packs on one, and with 3s it hops off the ground in about 5 feet. I can’t imagine 4s!