[PhireSideZA]

Didn't happen to find any loose Rand at the bottom, did you.

I bank with the bank that we are doing the installs for so they would probably catch me out and take it all back out of my account

Since receiving Hippo in June she has seen temps from -2 to 42*C, and both were in Grahamstown.

And my friends wondered why I left

[CraigB]

We had a 44.5c here in Perth last Monday it wasn't very pleasant but thankfully it's dropped back to the low 30's now.

[Dazzler]

[CraigB]

You've timed it well Dazz, if you'd turned up on Monday you would have taken two steps off the plane an turned around and got back on

[Dazzler]

You've timed it well Dazz, if you'd turned up on Monday you would have taken two steps off the plane an turned around and got back on

The car was saying 28C when I got in it at 7.30Pm tonight...  Very pleasant (felt cooler than 28C back home)

[CraigB]

I was still washing/chamois the car at that time,  to Perth Dazz 

[neptune]

You've timed it well Dazz, if you'd turned up on Monday you would have taken two steps off the plane an turned around and got back on

The car was saying 28C when I got in it at 7.30Pm tonight...  Very pleasant (felt cooler than 28C back home)

when do you and Dave want to meet for coffee?....

charging my sons lipo batteries last night for his rc car and it burst into flames...we had an emergeny on our hands..
lucky we were home and lucky there was little damage..it was in the utilty room where we got ceramic tiles...took 8 hours too clean the mess up

PEEPS IF U HAVE AN RC CAR THAT USES LIPO BATTERIES PLEASE EITHER CHARGE THEM IN A FIRE PROOF BOX OR CHARGE THEM OUTSIDE..

these things can killyou

[meehalych]

PEEPS IF U HAVE AN RC CAR THAT USES LIPO BATTERIES PLEASE EITHER CHARGE THEM IN A FIRE PROOF BOX OR CHARGE THEM OUTSIDE..

you didn't get it - it was a car's feature 
Was the battery covered with something, which might cause an overheat?

nope just sitting on the sink

cheap chinese junk i think

all phones use lipo's aswell...no way i'm ever gonna charge inside again

[meehalych]

You better up your insurance... (you do live in Russia after all)

the coins I have had so far are peanuts as compared with others 
I could have sent some to you, but the law - the parcel won't pass the customs.

[CraigB]

@Drew, Don't buy cheap lipo's and always use the medium to slow charge unless you have an auto charger that monitors temp an voltage and when charge is maximum it auto cuts out with alarm.

I use a Venom Pro Charger.

My buggy - CATsx with a 3.5 turn brushless Hobbywing motor, she'll hit 130kph in about 4 seconds with the 3.5 but on short dirt track I'll run an 8.5 turn.

we got a proper charger
top spec one
i had em  on high amp...maybe that was the cause..scary stuff...

he's got a 2014 kyosho inferno mp9e...all singing all dancing car...cost us over 1000 quid with the batterys charger ect...only going to charge outside now on low amp setting

[CraigB]

High charge rate will kill lipos should never exceed 1C ( 1x capacity charge rate )

I built my CAT from kit form with a ton of extra carbon fibre and alloy parts, I think the buggy alone cost me $1700 then the motor-remote and charger were additional.

A good charger should have a cell block balancer which will communicate with the charger and automatically prohibit you for charging to high.

it does have all that..pucka lipo charger
been into rc cars since 1979..i know the score with nitro petrol and battery cars..we got a hpi baja aswell...nothing but problems with it all the time though

just glad we were home
non of us got hurt
ok we've got a little damage to some metal doors...they are going to a mate of mine tomorrow that paints cars...

[CraigB]

it does have all that..pucka lipo charger
been into rc cars since 1979..i know the score with nitro petrol and battery cars..we got a hpi baja aswell...nothing but problems with it all the time though

I've never heard of Pucka, not something we get here  I thought the kyosho mp9e came with a charger in the kit with the powerflo 7.4 battery "which are not very good lipos tbh "

Yeah I used to race to nitros for a while when I was a kid and also the 1/4 scale sprint cars when I was an older kid in the club down at the MotorPlex Speedway, eventually backed off for the amount of $ being absorbed and moved into the sparkies, more reliable and less mess

not a ready built  kyosho i had to build it
not sure of the charger but was the best one he had in stock .we use 4c lipo's 14v jobbies  it's ok but not the best car
gonna get him a mugen in spring...
had many nitros

cba with them any more...nothing but problems..at our local club they are forever pulling the motors ect...no no batterys are way better...baja is just a typical american thing..ok in a straight line

[CraigB]

When you get the new buggy fit it out to handle one of the Tiger 22.2 volt 5500 mAh lipos " there's the grunt "

tiger was the one that just caught fire

[CraigB]

Yes but you charged it at to high a rate... which your charger shouldn't have allowed

[Dazzler]

You've timed it well Dazz, if you'd turned up on Monday you would have taken two steps off the plane an turned around and got back on

The car was saying 28C when I got in it at 7.30Pm tonight...  Very pleasant (felt cooler than 28C back home)

when do you and Dave want to meet for coffee?....

I'm staying with Dave from 15th to 18th (so probably best if you and Dave work out what suits on those days) Craig might join us too.. 

I was still washing/chamois the car at that time,  to Perth Dazz

Thanks Craig, better catch up with Dad today, but be in touch soon... 

You better up your insurance... (you do live in Russia after all)

the coins I have had so far are peanuts as compared with others 
I could have sent some to you, but the law - the parcel won't pass the customs.

What you sent me was Great Misha! 

[The Gonz]

+ Back last night from a nice relaxing / fishing trip to Port Neill, Port Lincoln and Cowell.

+ We used Mrs G's 1995 SEAT Cordoba rather than subject the i30 to some unsealed roads.

- We lost the front left hubcap and mudflap at some point.when we spent a day cockling.

Please return to The Gonz if anyone sees it.



+ Nice excuse to rummage around the 3 SEATs at U-Pull-It Lonsdale today.

[Phil №❶]

3, That many. 

[cruiserfied]

Your lucky. None of the wreckers around here let you through the gates anymore.

[The Gonz]

3, That many. 

They hold their value - there since early last year.

[The Gonz]

Your lucky. None of the wreckers around here let you through the gates anymore.

SA is the only non-convict state, so we're trusted to handle the merchandise.

[Dazzler]

Your lucky. None of the wreckers around here let you through the gates anymore.

SA is the only non-convict state, so we're trusted to handle the merchandise.

  Good answer!

[cruiserfied]

But that was the best part. Seeing what you could hide and get away with. We knew it, they knew it, they over charged just to cover for it.
Now we can't do that anymore and they still overcharge for it.

[Phil №❶]

"You're a very naughty boy."