Oh, do you mean those batteries the egyptians used for thier flashlights so they could build the pyramids at night?
Go to hobbycity.com get a Zippy 4000mah (not, NOT the 5000! wont fit), hardcase, 2S1P packs for $35.
You'll have to put a little notch in the chassis for the wires to come out the side. Otherwise it fits fine. I have 3, no problems yet, stays right along side other exact same trucks running $120 batteries on the straight.
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Oh, do you mean those batteries the egyptians used for thier flashlights so they could build the pyramids at night?
Go to hobbycity.com get a Zippy 4000mah (not, NOT the 5000! wont fit), hardcase, 2S1P packs for $35.
You'll have to put a little notch in the chassis for the wires to come out the side. Otherwise it fits fine. I have 3, no problems yet, stays right along side other exact same trucks running $120 batteries on the straight.
yes what he says is true those lipo's are the s#@T for the price you cant beat'em!! i've used orion platnum series lipo's and i like zippy's better!!!
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I did this also. But I also drilled about 3/8 (maybe a bit smaller) holes in the strap near the pivot point. Looks a bit neater than sanding out near the twist knowbs
I dumped the stock battery hold down and went with an aluminum one from STRC racing. Works with every battery I have with no problems.
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RC10-T4 (GTB Novak 17.5)
Slash (Stock), SC10 (Tekin RS Novak 13.5), HPI Blitz
Tamiya Mini Cooper M-03M, F104 PRO
Airtronics M11 2.4 gHz, Hyperion 7210iNet3, Hyperion 1210i, SMC
They give you discounts as you buy stuff, my price for those packs is 17.19, there is no catch, you are just paying a reasonable price, shipping is a little more but buy in bulk to save, for example, I calculated the cost of 4 packs with shipping and it came to 98.19.
Thats exactly what I had planned on doing. gonna buy 5 and just wait for them to restock. If something was to happen to one of the batteries I wouldn't feel no where near as bad to toss it as I would an $80 pack.
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Tamiya- F201(For Sale), F103RM
Traxxas- sledgehammer, Bandit
Kyosho- Outrage II
Hughes- 300
Thay are never in stock, Anyone have any feedback on the FT battery hold down?
just got one. haven't installed yet but looks nice. will have to relocate my esc since i run it in front of the tranny but i can run the battery all the way back. will be running it on friday...
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Finally got a few hours to work on the truck this evening.
Finished setting up the RS with a 17.5, tested and put it back together...
Not the best solder job. Haven't quite got that part figured out.
Some more tweaks and it'll be ready for the track again!
I see a rear sway bar, what effect does it have on this truck??? Does it decrease rear traction and make the rear slide, or does it decrease the chassis roll enough to reduce the steering?
i run 5000wt diff oil in my gear diff a bit of a hand full but drifting corners with a little loose slipper makes for a tq in the first round of racing today..
then they watter and i fall back to mid pack as tq is now making 14 laps and i am only making 12/13 i need to dial in the truck a bit more for wight.
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