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Personally, I wouldnt cut it that way. I would cut down about a short bit behind the doors then cut back along the body swage and down in front of the rear arch. I would then slide the rear section back to line up rear arches. Then put in a u section of roof in the top and fill in the gaps in the lower sides with arch sections. Stronger, easier to line up, far easier to get all the arches in the right place and no horrible top to bottom seams to fix.

Yes, im aware of all the other lipo safety. The one thing you mentioned there that I hadnt read about and hadnt crossed my mind, is maximum cell inbalance before charge. I see no reason other than that to not pretend it is one 4s pack. I think it is enough to put me off. I havent found any reasomably priced dual chargers, but two b6 wouldnt be a major issue. I have been thinking about the upcomming visit though and im not sure how much time we will even have. I think really, I can probably do with 2 packs for now. That gives me loads of time to buy more packs. Im currently convalescing after spinal surgery so I currently have no income untill I get back to work. This is why immediate high outlay is less than ideal. Thanks for bringing the potential imbalance issue to by attention.

Are internal spring shocks more of just a scale thing or would they cope with normal monster beetle style abuse?

I have seen other cheap fluoreon on ebay. Square edged but cheap for the mah. Good to know they are ok.

I have been reading and the b6 isnt a dual charger but you can apparently trick it into thinking its charging one 4s rather that 2 2s packs.

Thanks for the verdict

Ill look at that charger. I am aware there are fake b6, id buy from a uk retailer rather than hunting a few quid cheaper on ebay. I have read it can charge 2 packs though. Is that not true? Ill search some more. As for buying and selling packs, im always mega suspicious of second hand batteries, I guess other people are too. Ill look for some bigger packs, starts to add up though. I found 2500 for £15. Anything much bigger and im looking at £25. I cant do that right now, £100 in packs, plus charger, bag, connectors, alarms etc and its getting too pricey to buy all at once. As I need some batteries for in two weeks time id have to revert back to wasting money on some temporary cheap nimh. Other option I guess is to just get two packs and hope he breaks it. He's only 6 and not even seen a RC car before. If he can manage to break it quickly it takes the pressure of needing it all quickly.

Hello again Sounds like its worth the small bit extra to set up for lipo then. If I get more nimh then no doubt they will die over winter from lack of use. I am reasonably confident ive read up enough on lipo. I dont really need mega run times, 20 mins would probably be fine. I was looking for something around 3000mah to keep costs down a bit. I could maybe even go lower. Id rather have 4 lower capacity packs than 2 higher then we can both use 2 packs each. I guess that would mean getting a charger that can charge two packs at the same time. Such a thing exist cheaply? I was previously looking at the usual imax b6. Edit, seems the b6 can charge 2 packs. How do you do that? What sort of run times would you expect from 2500mah lipo?

What sort of run times with stock silver can? Im still deciding which type of batteries to get.

Usual story, I had loads of cars, all shelf queen vintage. Sold most of them except my boomerang and wild dagger. I have my nephew coming to visit in a couple of weeks so thought id dig them out. Getting them going again has inspired me and ive ordered 2 more kits and am once again hunting for anything first 50 ive not owned before. Ive been trying to get some charge in my cells. My good nimh are shot. My ancient nicads will hold enough run time for about 1m30s. So, I need some batteries. Figured I might go lipo as it wont cost much more, my old charger isnt spectacular anyway. My question though is what will store best? I know what will happen, ill build some, run some then ill end up running them less and less but still collecting. Then 6 months down the line when the nephew comes to visit again ill be desperately trying to revive old cells. What battery tech, if any, will cope with long term storage best? Or am I condemned to buying new batteries after every period of inactivity? If lipo wont stand long term storage I may as well just buy some more cheap nimh.

I had found those packs, but not at that price. Got to be better than the ancient 1200 nicads I have just about convinced my charger it wants to put power into. Thanks.

What are the options? I guess the worlds supply of clear ranger windows had run out. Cut pieces of lexan is the only thing I can think of. Any other ideas?

Has anyone modded the battery slot in this chassis to take squarer section lipo? Round edge ones arent easy to find in the uk and always seem to cost more. this is the only car I have which this is an issue for so im considering cutting it up. Maybe cutting the corners out and then reinforcing, or maybe cutting the bottom out and dropping the battery down a bit. Anyone tackled this, or seen a post where someone has?

I have a pair of 53048 front supper gripper tyres. They are not in the packet but never fitted. I dont know how hard/soft they were new but there are no cracks at all and can be squished as much as you can without any problems at all. I am guessing they are as soft as new but my only comparison right now are some paper thin schumacher race tyres which are as stiff as an empty baloon. I am open to offers as I dont know what they go for, but what I really need are some WW2 wheels and tyres. Used is fine as long as they are ok. I am also after some SRB ranger decals. Pics as soon as I re learn the forum, not been on here for 10 years but a new re re project brings me back Im in the UK but have no issue posting abroad, will just have to work out costs. I have just noticed one has a pin missing. Closer inspection, im not 100% sure these are brand new. Can anyone confirm from looking at the pins? Ive never owned a car with these fitted.