All the batteries come with different mAh
ratings (milli-amp hours – that is, how
long they last), from around 800mAh to
5000mAh. Most standard batteries have
a C rating (discharge – that is, how fast
the battery can dump the power into the
motor) of between 12-20C. More advanced
batteries such as the Turnigy Nanotech run
much higher C ratings, which means even a
7.4v can still be exceptionally fast.
Things start to get tricky with an 11.1v
LiPo. Many people just drop them into
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their guns and think they will work fine.
Don’t get me wrong, I know a few people
who use them in stock gearboxes and
they have been fine, but many have ended
up shredding pistons, shearing gears or
cracking piston heads. If you are thinking
about using 11.1v LiPos then you want to
look at doing some upgrade work first,
such as vented pistons and short-stroking
(taking a few teeth off the piston and the
sector gear allows for b etter engagement
at higher speeds).
You can use an 11.1v right away in a stock
gun, especially if it is running quite a low
torque motor. An example of this is a G&G
Top Tech M4. I had one and it was quite
slow so ran an 11.1v LiPo in it and it worked
great. But for any G&P gun (which come
with stock high speed motors) an 11.1v is
not really advisable as you would be putting