Newbie looking to play with RC Buggy's

[dazp83]

Yes they have to be thoroughly glued on otherwise they'll come flying off, ha. And you can cut the old ones off or acetone them to remove the rubber.
The durango takes normal stick or shorty. Something like these http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...APPROVED_.html

[whites75]

Originally Posted by dazp83

Yes they have to be thoroughly glued on otherwise they'll come flying off, ha. And you can cut the old ones off or acetone them to remove the rubber.
The durango takes normal stick or shorty. Something like these http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...APPROVED_.html

cheers daz - might get myself a couple of them batteries then and just look out for a decent charger too

with the tyres I might just get a new wheel set (price depending) and just do a straight swap rather than mess about getting tyres off.....yep I guess I am a lazy sod

[dazp83]

When buying on hobbyking make sure you choose uk warehouse and don't buy the stuff on eBay as people sell it on with marked up price. But hobbyking do have a official eBay.
http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...cessories.html

http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...arehouse_.html

[whites75]

Originally Posted by dazp83

When buying on hobbyking make sure you choose uk warehouse and don't buy the stuff on eBay as people sell it on with marked up price. But hobbyking do have a official eBay.
http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...cessories.html

http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...arehouse_.html

thanks again daz - which one of the above chargers would you go for pal? also any idea how long a charge would take - with a new toy like these I would be out for say an hour honing my skills or lack of but would be chomping at the bit if I had to wait say 8 hours for the batts to charge lol

[dazp83]

Ones a charger and the other is the power supply. For plugging into the socket at home. Well to charge that battery I showed you it shouldn't take longer than an hour. You'd charge it at 5.2 amp as the battery is 5200mAh. If you have a few you can charge whilst running etc, off your car battery which you don't need the power supply for. Or you can buy multi chargers.

This one on eBay would be fine

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=111433007688

[whites75]

Originally Posted by dazp83

Ones a charger and the other is the power supply. For plugging into the socket at home. Well to charge that battery I showed you it shouldn't take longer than an hour. You'd charge it at 5.2 amp as the battery is 5200mAh. If you have a few you can charge whilst running etc, off your car battery which you don't need the power supply for. Or you can buy multi chargers.

This one on eBay would be fine

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=111433007688

an hour - brill thanks pal - will prob get the 1st one you showed links for then, and them batteries are pretty darn cheap, so I might get 3 of them bad boys for longer run outs - my local shop has standard batteries at 24.99 and I don't thing they are powerful as the 5200 either, more like 3300 or similar I think

thanks again bud

[Suzukitudor]

Yes you will have to glue the tyres on with cyano acrylate otherwise known as superglue. I tried running a new buggy without gluing and ripped the tyres off the rims! Use a CA that's not too thin and you will need foam inserts on the rear tyres. Schumacher do good ones. There are plenty of tyre gluing guides on you tube.

[whites75]

Originally Posted by Suzukitudor

Yes you will have to glue the tyres on with cyano acrylate otherwise known as superglue. I tried running a new buggy without gluing and ripped the tyres off the rims! Use a CA that's not too thin and you will need foam inserts on the rear tyres. Schumacher do good ones. There are plenty of tyre gluing guides on you tube.

cheers pal - I am compiling a shopping list of a few bits to get, everyone been very helpful, thanks a lot

[dazp83]

Yeah plenty of cheap and good batteries etc on there, make sure you choose 2s and have a look. Definitely get you started and having fun

[Ashlandchris]

Typically tyres are approx £6 and a pair of rims similar. Inserts are £2-3 but usually only used at rear. Cut staggers don't really need them.
Lipos will typically give 20-30 mins life and a charger will take approx 1hr to balance charge them (advised as they are a bit more temperamental than old batteries)