Wondering what battery to run in your RC drift car? Gens Ace is the most popular by a wide margin, and 4000mAh is the most common capacity. We counted the setups saved in the RC Setup App since January 2024: 208 racers named a battery brand, all on 1/10 rear-wheel-drive drift cars.
The percentage under each brand is the share of racers who run it. Counts updated November 2026.
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Setting up the rest of the car? See the most popular drift motors, ESCs, tires, gyros and steering servos.
Capacity
Of the 154 racers who named a capacity, 19% run 4000mAh, 12% run 5000mAh and 10% run 4400mAh. Drifters mostly run 2S shorty packs, smaller than a racing touring car's, and the C ratings racers name spread evenly from 100C to 140C.
Most popular drift battery brands
This list covers brands with at least 10 racers. Each button goes to a 2S shorty pack of 4000 to 4600mAh.
- Gens Ace25%
- ProTek11%
- CNHL9%
- Intellect Pioneering8%
- GNB5%
1. Gens Ace
25% of drift racers
The most popular drift battery brand by a wide margin, more than twice the next one. Racers name the Redline most, and the Reve D RDX and Yokomo RD2.0 are its most common cars.
Redline 2.0 4400 at AMain (opens in new tab)
2. ProTek
11% of drift racers
Second, and the Team Associated DC10 is its most common car. Racers who named a model mostly name the LiHV LCG shorty.
SG3 4600 at AMain (opens in new tab)
3. CNHL
9% of drift racers
Run most often in the Reve D RDX and Yokomo RD2.0. The button goes to a 4000mAh shorty, which comes with an EC3 plug.
4000 shorty at CNHL
4. Intellect Pioneering
8% of drift racers
The Yokomo YD-2 is its most common car by a clear margin.
MC3 4400 at Hobbyfactory
5. GNB
5% of drift racers
Also sold as Gaoneng. Half its racers run it in a Yokomo RD2.0.
4000 shorty at GaonengHow we counted
We count anonymous totals from setups saved in the app for 1/10 drift cars. A racer counts once per battery no matter how many setups they've saved, and a value only counts if the racer entered it themselves, not if it came along with a copied setup or the kit setup. Racers write model names a few different ways, so those count together.
