Tug Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Christ on a bike, that's a good innings! 7S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 7s Plenty of full throttle runs, jumps, minimal pootling about. As per, packs were a little soft on switch off, that's normal tbh....just the way she consumes power The packs (set 'A') are also the first ones I bought so have had a tough life. The second set I used were set 'E' which took 165 minutes to charge and balance from storage (wtf???), yet had more punch. I didn't quite get them to lvc, stored and balanced up in 34 minutes? Zippy bricks, gotta love 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 It's that crap Hyperion you use taking all that time to charge a couple of small Zippys :tease: In truth, I sometimes get the same thing with mine, today for example, charged a Zippy 2s from storage and it took 86 minutes, yet the pack I'd used the day before, from storage, took just 32 minutes. Maybe if they've been left at storage for a while they take longer to balance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 These have been in storage since last year...... I did a cell check before packing them away, no cell was more than .01 off storage so I was lazy and left 'em, thinning out the packs with weak cells at the time. Really, really shoddy lipo care, I'll be running every pair a couple of times asap to get 'em back in the mood for a good thrashing......what a chore that's going to be..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I've had one of my Dad's 2s Nano-Techs in storage for about 4 months... Shall give that a charge tomorrow and see how long it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 43.06 minutes for set A to store up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 From empty to full, what capacity are they taking these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 I shall make a note next charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Out of interest, what is actually considered to be 'empty'.. 3.0v per cell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 3.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Going to do a test on my older Zippy, just to see what it actually holds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Another pair of packs through, first lot off at lvc, according to the charger, all cells at 3.7v. I know the ESC is set to 3.4v, so will change to 3.2v and see what happens. One, brand new front wheel buckled badly enough to have to replace. That lasted six runs or so? Will drop Neil at SB an email about it.... Pics to post later of the rebuild.... Next job is shock servicing, as the rears are rather saggy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Neil will replace it, no dodgy CS there lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Replacement front wheels received from Neil today, foc. A very kind gesture indeed, cheers Replacing front foams, as the stockers are now a bit unhappy....have some prolines in the garage somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 A touch later than planned....however: Ally DDM steering post mounts, upper and lower: New rose joints (the KM's previously fitted are now on the Lost the slipper cover a long time ago, had a bit of jaffa taped across, decided a neaten up was in order, cue plasticard, circular cutter and glue of course soon as I had done this, stumbled across a pair of replacement covers in a box in the garage Onto the battery area. I'd been able to screw the straps to the side of the kraken, contemplated doing the same with the IRC then thought better of it. Made a flat tray from plasticard, then stuck it to the chassis with some of those nice, sticky discs that were sold on ebay from a forum member Now, it being late when I measured up, the straps weren't in the best of places...first run out as was and after a roll, both packs fell out of the chassis a little......enter strap no3. I made a cross piece from the remains of the KM rear wing, drilled it out to fit over the foremost rear plate to chassis mounting bolts, fastened the strap through itself onto the cross member and then bolted it down with washers and M6 nylocs: Those bricks are going nowhere All sorted out and sitting with her sister on the deck: New N-R-P wing on the B looks rather bloody tasty imho Now, RCbutcher was keen to find out where the weak spots on a 5SC shell are, and which areas need most gluing. Bear in mind this shell was mine, went through two new owners before coming back to me (foc of course ) and has since been bashed hard, I think it shows a fair representation of where impact damage is most likely to occur..... arches before taking to them with a nine inch plate, scriber and lexan scissors: Finally for now, how being tight, marginally good with a drill and saw and somewhat ingenious creates storage for two largescales in a small space: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 An afternoon well spent! Beer-o-clock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYPER-BOY Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 That reminds me, I need to stain my decking lol.. Nice motors, would love a brushless 5th scale.. Haven't got the balls to get one though Time to read 53 pages of this thread........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Rather neat little storage solution there Mr Noj! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYPER-BOY Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 You know what I didn't notice the 5b at the bottom! Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Made it ages back, the simple solution to storing them both in a small room...not the prettiest but so what The angle of the picture makes the B look small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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