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Those cones are great! They do not blow away in the wind, do not break when they are run over. A must have. $.35/ea
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John the lipos have 5.5mm M/F bullet connectors so I just daisy chain them. 6s x 6s x 2s. I do not like the setup though since the loose wires. See this image as an example-
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I'm debating about leaving the controller as is with a quick throttle response and waiting for him to manage the power or programming the controller to limit the power delivery/change power curve. The way it is now too much throttle and the tires blow off, too much brake and the tire locks up. To drive this thing well there needs to be correct driver inputs. If you notice in the video though, right now he's just on and off the throttle, but in the end (@ 0:37) he starts to get more gradual with it and he flies through a transition.
The controller is fantastic and offers changes in the power delivery curves. It's sick. But for now I think I'm going to more or less leave it as is and let him learn how to handle it. He's done well with everything else he's had so I hope he can master this thing. If he can do it, he will have the ability to control wheel spin, get it to hook and take off, then brake/power through corners and get it side ways if he wanted.
I was also considering some Hoosier tires for it... only thing that sucks is the minimoto wheel width is 4.5" which means I think it would need a 5" or 4.5" width tire since the kart tires side walls are pretty much straight. The wider tires need a wider wheel. The stock tires are 5.5" wide but the side walls curve in to meet the 4.5" wide wheel. I was also considering cheating the split rims an inch to make them 5.5" wide but this will take some time I'm going to need to stare at it for a while.
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Idk we have to work it out but overall the thing is good I am very happy with it. We got the kart for $250, controller was $200, extra motor was $100. $550 in it now, then I hope to offset that cost by selling some of the original minimoto parts.
Unfortunately the weather just went from 50* to 15* so it may be a little while until we romp on this thing again.
I have like 200 of those too, for our drift course setup. 
- By John
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