The Trakpower lipo is a good match up for the Durga, I raced with one at Worksop. I used some lead in the car at worksop but later raced outdoors at Batley and took the lead out of the car - with the lipo the Durga is probably better balanced than with the heavier NiMh cells.
There are a couple of lipo's you can get from Trakpower but the bigger 4900mah fits just fine in the Durga. There are some other lipo's about of course, but I prefer hard cased ones like these as I don't fancy damaging one.
If you're going the LiPo route, just make sure to get a brushless with lipo cutoff - I would have thought most or all modern ones will have that feature though.
For charging, trakpower do a fairly simple & neat little charger which is good value but will only work on 12v (as do most chargers) and if you're just wanting to play around you might be better looking for one that does mains as well - or buy a 12V power supply seperately.
A lot of chargers do LiPo now so there should be a lot to choose from.
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