Originally Posted by
LThompson37
First off I have never run 12th scale and don't know anything about them. I am looking at possibly getting one for the Nats in June. I found this car in the for sale forum and it seems like a good deal especially with possibly five good packs. My question is, is this a current car and is this something that would be good for outdoor asphalt racing.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=216967
I've pm'd you some thoughts on this package/price.
The chassis itself should be a very good choice. As far as the battery packs, note that the offering DOES NOT say they're "good", it does state that he can't guarantee the performance but that they should be "ok". My own experience is that the 4200's do not do well going to zero, and it sounds like these have been "zero" for a while. Were I buying this package I would assign ZERO value to those packs, plan on them being junk, and be delighted if I ended up with a couple decent practice packs out of them. The IB4200's require a lot of maintenance/hand-holding if they're to remain decent any period of time. They DO NOT like sitting unused/uncharged, have little tollerance for going completely flat/dead-shorting, and have a fairly rapid self-discharge characteristic that sees them going flat MUCH more quickly than other batteries.