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Max-U52 wrote:I think pretty soon you'll have to change that bit in your signature that says, "1/16 is my scale".

Ah indeed, didn't even notice that myself haha!

Max-U52 wrote:I know if I ever manage to score an Armortek one of the first things I'll do is scrap those lead acid batteries and go to a 6S lipo. That's what runs the Hetzer and it performs like a champ.

Well they need to be replaced anyway, but how expensive is that gonna be? Oddball from westcoastarmories shows in his youtube movies he uses Li-on batteries now, I looked them up, but they are 12v/20 289 USD a piece and you need two...

Max-U52 wrote:Are you going to keep the Futaba or upgrade? That's a 7 channel, right? It's always great to have extra channels for stuff like making the TC's head turn or arm raise. I'm using a flysky i10 and I like the three pots (I use two for paintball cannon control and one for volume) and it also has two shoulder slides switches that are pots.

It's a Robbe F14 now working on 40Mhz crystals and I hate it haha! I usually connect my tanks (if possible) to my Turnigy TGY-10i, basically the same as you have.

Max-U52 wrote:Have you weighed it yet?

Yes I did...

17,3kg minus the turret roof


3,5kg for the turret roof

Deck plate is 13,5kg

And the rest is 103kg

So... A whooping 137kg in total!

Hmm..You appear to have a spare barrel there, by the chair. Did this come with a few spares, and extras? I did notice that your trademark MP40 had shrunk in the wash down to 1/16 scale..just to emphasise the massive proportions of the hull.
With 137kgs in the rear of your car, and passengers sitting either side of the barrel, your headlights will be pointing at the heavens! I pity your poor suspension

The battery in the Hetzer is a 6-cell lipo, 24 volts, and I only need one, and they were about $90 each. I bought two so that I can just swap in the second one the first one runs down. When I get home from work I can send you a link to where I got them. They come without any connectors on them at all so you have to solder on your own connector and I found that the wires were thick enough that I had to go up to xt90s instead of xt60s.

I tried finding something like that on Hobbyking but those are all 22.2v?

Good afternoon,
Following along with my friend, Gary's, thoughts, I considered LIPOs and also a motorcycle battery for keeping the Stuart 12v gig going. It depends on which mfu I end up with. Following along,
regards,
Painless

Yes, they're labeled 22.2 volts, but fully charged they're 24, just as a 7.4 volt 2S will read about 8.4 when fully charged. These are what I'm running, but they're out of stock and have gone up in price since I bought mine.

https://chinahobbyline.com/index.php?ro ... duct_id=87

A good alternative might be one of these

https://chinahobbyline.com/index.php?ro ... duct_id=75

Less Mah but also a lot less money.

Painless, the 5000 mah should run that Stuart for at least an hour, maybe two.

So this should be cool:
https://hobbyking.com/nl_nl/multistar-h ... -pack.html
16.000 MAh

Or two of these:
https://hobbyking.com/nl_nl/turnigy-gra ... -xt90.html
10.000 MAh

https://www.banggood.com/ZOP-Power-22_2 ... rehouse=CN
8000 MAh

Huge price differences btw.

> scrap those lead acid batteries and go to a 6S lipo. That's what runs the Hetzer and it performs like a champ.

Problem is just the Tiger 1 tracks will weigh about the same as the Hetzer!

LiFePO4 is an obvious replacement for AGM technology but they're still eye-wateringly expensive to get similar running times.

Adrian

Max-U52 how much does your Hetzer weight?