Newby with a madrat!

[Battle_axe]

whats the pt no?

[ConceptRacing]

part number 125000310

[Barney448]

Aren't the servo mounts fairly standard parts across the range of buggies? you should be able to replace this with any part. In any case just google "ANSMANN SERVO MOUNT" and I found the standard mad rat part for less that £2.

Completely unrelated question but I was wondering what sort of nimh battery people run with their brushed motors on the mad rat. I'm looking to get a couple of new batteries and wasn't sure if it was just a case of getting a 7.2v battery with as high a Mah rating as possible. I've seen a couple with the deans connectors which are 3600mah?

[budgio]

Go lipo mate
Nimh are old hat these days
Dead money I say

[adamjimny]

i agree with budgio....go lipo

1.more power
2.more efficient
3.more reliable
4.more consistent
5.cheaper than nimh now
6. easier to store without the worry of things touching
7.hold their value better

nimh are only really used in mardaves and other cars where people are waiting for them to die.....but soon it will all be lipo

[Barney448]

Fair enough, couldn't agree more about getting Lipo's they certainly seem to be the more popular choice and also perform better. The only reason I'm not going to go down that route is because I'm due to get married around this time next year and any disposable income is paying for the big day!

Yes another man down!!

I've sold my beloved motocross bike to raise funds and have bought a fairly well specced mad rat off ebay to help quench my racing thirst! I'm enjoying playing around with it at the local park and definitely want to go racing at some point but can't really afford to buy a new charger and esc to enable me to run lipo's. It's unlikely I'll ever be able to afford to race motocross again so I reckon rc racing is the way forward and if I'm still full of enthusiasm after the wedding then I shall almost certainly invest in something a bit more top end.

[Mad-Wolfie]

Originally Posted by Barney448

Aren't the servo mounts fairly standard parts across the range of buggies? you should be able to replace this with any part. In any case just google "ANSMANN SERVO MOUNT" and I found the standard mad rat part for less that £2.

talking servo mounts,, a lot of people are saying on the various forums etc they recommend to fit the alloy mounts if the servo you are using is a powerful one, i'm running a Futaba S9451 servo in my rat which is a high response servo (i.e bloody fast) & has someting like 8.5kg of torque & am finding the kit mounts are more than substantial enough, so IMHO the only reason to go for the alloy mounts is for the bling factor.

Plus i would of though removing any flex from the mounts would only transfer stress to either the servo body or direct to the cars chassis & personally i would happily live with a £2 part breaking once in a blue moon & a quick fix.

[Cameo]

Originally Posted by Barney448

Completely unrelated question but I was wondering what sort of nimh battery people run with their brushed motors on the mad rat. I'm looking to get a couple of new batteries and wasn't sure if it was just a case of getting a 7.2v battery with as high a Mah rating as possible. I've seen a couple with the deans connectors which are 3600mah?

Originally Posted by Barney448

I've sold my beloved motocross bike to raise funds and have bought a fairly well specced mad rat off ebay to help quench my racing thirst! I'm enjoying playing around with it at the local park and definitely want to go racing at some point but can't really afford to buy a new charger and esc to enable me to run lipo's.

The cost of a couple of nimh packs would be the same as a lipo (you only need one to go racing) and a capable charger. A sppedie with Lipo cut off is just a safety thing it wont let the lipo get below 6 volts. You wont need that feature if you only run your lipo for 6-7 mins and keep the voltage well above 6.

DONT waste your money on nimh packs get 1 lipo and a cheap 2S balance charger best investment ever.