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8475 -- smash up derby
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Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:56:06 GMT
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John, I know you sent this in private e-mail but it might be of interest
to the group so I'm posting it here....
> Hi Chris
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> Having recently acquired the 8475 R/C buggy, I'm a kinda interested in
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> rechargeable batteries, and other R/C things. I seem to remember you
> mentioning at one of our dinners at Mel's that there is just such a
> store
> on Bloor just west of Mel's. I found a store a block west of
> Bathurst,
> (north side) but it seemed to be similar to Active Surplus, with no
> real
> R/C parts
> (servos, the transmitter/receivers, etc), but they did have
> rechargeable
> NiMH and NiCad
> batteries. Is that store it? Do you remember the name of the store
> you
> were talking about???
If I was talking about an "electronics" store just west Bathurst St.
then it was "Active Components" thats the place you found. and YES; it
is very much like active surplus. as a point of interest, it was
started by 2 ex-employee's of A.S. I don't remember talking about RC
parts persay(?), but for general electronic STUFF (not components) then
that is one of 3 cool places to go.
For RC stuff, I'd recommend any of the big main RC hobby shops. All of
which I cant name right now but I could drive there. there is one
called Panda(?) on a side street off of Dundas St. W near Dixie.
Farther West of Dixie on Dundas is yet another RC shop called North
Star(?) across from the big C-tire.
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> BTW, I found that my rechargeable PURE ENERGY alkaline batteries last
> less
> than about 3 minutes in the 8475 buggy, and get quite hot too. They
> went
> from about 1.6V
> down to less than 1.4V in a hurry. I realize that voltage is not a
> good
> way to measure
> a battery's ability to generate current, but it's about the only thing
> I DO
> know
> how to measure. Do you think using 6 1.2V NiMH or NiCad batteries
> (ie. 7.2 V)
> would work well?
I cant speak to this... :(
Battery stuff is very close to magic to me. My advice is to stock up on
supper cheap made in china disposable batteries.
I just might make a run down to the wholesalers and pick up a WHACK of
"super-cheap-made-on-the-backs-of-chinese-labour" disposable alkaline
AA's
I do know that the OEM motors do suck a LOT of current, and if I miss my
guess you've armored up your buggy to just before the "motors cant move
it" point.
all that makes me think that a first strike strategy might win. as
opposed to big and bulky.
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>
> see you saturday at the "let's test the ultimate tensile strength of
> ZNAP"
> demolition derby
which i fully feel will be the weak point of ONE of my offensive
weapons.
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 | | Re: 8475 -- smash up derby --correction
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| (...) someone has pointed out that i miss spoke and that this store is in fact called: Above All electronics. I was blearily eyes with i replied. all other data is more or less true. -- Chris Why do solar calculators have an off button? (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: 8475 -- smash up derby
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| (...) Well, if you're gonna post, post something correct: a) It's called Above All, not Active Components. b) per se AboveAll has mostly computer parts, not RC parts. As for rechargeable batteries, Supremetronic on Queen is one source for them in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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