While testing some vintage Futaba Magnum and Megatech Jr transmitters, I noticed that the batteries and battery holders were very tight. Like separating the transmitter handle tight.
After doing a little research, I found that AA batteries are...
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I'm still working on the AAA adapters but I did find some that fit.
Went by Dollar Tree and bought some cheap HD batteries.
The Panasonic Heavy Duty (not alkaline!) are 13.8mm
The E-Circuit Heavy Duty are 13.7mm. Looking at the display, I think...
I thought this might be a good place for people to post with regards to the old sub-c batteries. Wether it be charging, discharging, storage or tips and tricks on getting the most out of them, maybe this could be the place for us to share on what we...
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It was pretty common practice (back in the day), to use resistors to bring the cell voltage down close to zero to remove the memory effect that all nickel cadmium batteries exhibit.
The only problem I ever had with this was the fact that no two...
I have old vintage batteries which have leaked and dried with green acid on the terminals. I also have 20 and 30-year-old batteries that appear perfect on the outside, and which have never been used.
After batteries have leaked and dried is that...
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I store my display batteries on the shelf amongst other items like buld dischargers and other electronic equipment. I even have a battery bug on display, anyone remember those? I also display some loose cells in battery jigs to emulate how they were...
with my rc10 I have a bunch of old batteries that I got with it that just don't hod a charge longer then a few minutes and don't cut it anymore. I'm looking for a battery that is not to expensive yet still efficient and worth getting. anybody know...
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Yeah, that's a nicad charger. It is possible to charge nimh's with those, but I would strongly recommend getting a peak detection charger for nimh.
Do you have a link or picture of one of these chargers
Hello all! Looking for some battery knowledge/experience on what I can run and where to source them. I raced a lot from '85 thru '90 and have been recently bitten by the vintage R/C bug big time! In the past month or two I've bought my car, spare...
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found these factory SCR saddle packs, pretty rare now.
I think i got them with my mates optima mid TOMS conversion kit way back in the 80's
They had yellow sce versions come out later as well but ive never seen one in person.
Cells are long gone...
