11-06-2011, 09:45 AM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Great Outdoors
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My battery is buried and hard to change. Has anyone come up with a way to top them up between courses? Something small enough to just carry around with me.
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11-06-2011, 09:54 AM | #2 |
Yashua Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Learn the parable of the fig tree
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I have and use a dynamite passport lipo 6s ac/dc charger. It works at home on 120 volts and on the rocks on 12 volt. It has been a great charger for the price and nearly 2 years old and still works like new. It also charges life batteries as well.
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11-06-2011, 09:54 AM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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I use a small 12volt ~7ah gel cell battery. You can find them for ~$25 at Radio Shack, some LHS's (used for starting boxes for fuel RC), industrial supply (like Graingers) for use in exit lights. Just charge it up @ home and use to power your DC input RC charger. |
11-06-2011, 10:02 PM | #4 |
Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kirbyville
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Yeah I stole the Batrey and charger from my sons old battery powered four wheeler works great Sent from my Commando using Tapatalk |
11-07-2011, 09:22 AM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Great Outdoors
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I wonder if you could take one of those Turnigy or E-Flite mini-chargers and power it with a 3S lipo. Probably wouldn't last long, but doesn't have to. Just a quick partial top-up between runs. I'm after something small and light enought to carry into the rocks. |
11-07-2011, 01:02 PM | #6 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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I use it to power my Venom ProCharger. Last edited by Charlie-III; 11-07-2011 at 01:07 PM. | |
11-07-2011, 01:11 PM | #7 |
cherry bomb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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I use a small automotive booster box, but depending how many MAH the packs your charging are, you can use 3 and 4 cell car lipo packs, my buddy uses his 5000mah 4s 1/8 buggy packs to power his charger when he's out flying.
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11-07-2011, 07:30 PM | #8 |
R.I.P. Chip Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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I've ran my charger on a 3s 5000 mah pack to charge at comps.
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