What charger and battery?

[Danny]

Hi,

I have just bought a Heng Long tiger tank, after several hours of trying to get it to work i finally got it to work, stupid springs in controller where aparently not long enough?

Anyway after 5 mins of working the tank has now stopped working..., its two lights on the front work and light up (flash),the tank starts up (sound effect) when i press the start key button on the controller, but nothing on the tank moves, not the gun or caterpiller tracks, i have wondered if the battery has run down after 5 mins so i'm going to charge it again (it's a 1700mAh 7.2v NI-CD battery), i charged it last night for 4 hours and the tank worked fine for 5 mins today lol.

So, just incase i've decided to buy a 5000mAh Ni-MH battery and smart charger, can someone tell me a good battery and charger make/model number to buy as there's that many and this is the first RC tank i've had for over 30 years lol, it used to be a case of wack some AA batteries in and you're good to go! haha.

[silversurfer1947]

Just a comment on your existing battery. Check the output of the charger. It is probably 150ma or thereabouts. That means a full charge would take 11 hours. Just divide 1700 by the output figure. Thus, I guess you only gave the battery about 30% charge.

[Danny]

The charger says:

Output: 7.2v - 500mA

[Danny]

any links to a good 5000mAh battery and charger? I'm guessing the website has sponsors? So if there are any online shops who can sort me out with a good quality smart charger and 5000mAh battery set that would be good

[silversurfer1947]

This firm was recommended to me by another forum member. http://www.componentshop.co.uk/batterie ... ks/72v-84v

If you need any help, just contact them. I have found them very helpful. They will even make up battery packs to order. They also do smart chargers.

[jarndice]

Hi Danny, just to add to Richards very good and useful advise, do remember to tell them that you need a "TAMIYA" Connector, (The TAMIYA connector is the standard fit on all our main Tank battery's in this hobby). If in the future you obtain battery's with different connectors this company can provide a fix.
Shaun.

[Danny]

Brilliant, thanks Silversurfer1947 & Jarndice, i've emailed them as the 5000mAh batteries are all out of stock

[silversurfer1947]

No guarantee, but when I wanted an item that was out of stock, they made one up for me - no fancy printing on it but it worked!