New to Electric, need Advice on Purchase or convert Nitro RC8
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Hi All,
I am new to the electric scene and am a little overwhelmed by all of the information out there... I currently have a Team Associate RC8 RTR with a Spektrum Remote. It works great but I am tired of buying fuel and tuning the carb...
My First Dilemma is weather to convert my RC8 to Electric or buy another RTR and just sell my Nitro buggy. I am no pro racer so I don't need anything super expensive, I have been looking at the OFNA Hyper SSE RTR for $349.00. From what I can see it is going to cost me at least that to convert my car to electric?
If I do convert, what is a decent esc Motor combo that will perform at least as well as the stock nitro motor and not break the bank?
Also if I do convert, will my current receiver work with a new ESC?
Either way I am going to have to buy a Charger and some batteries which is another place I am lost.
1. What is a decent charger (I don't want to have to wait hours for a charge)
2. What are decent batteries
3. What kind of Runtime do you get out of electrics these days, this will help determine how many batteries I need to buy
Sorry if these are obvious questions to some. Like I said I am new to this and my findings searching the forum just seem to lead me to more questions...
thanks
I am new to the electric scene and am a little overwhelmed by all of the information out there... I currently have a Team Associate RC8 RTR with a Spektrum Remote. It works great but I am tired of buying fuel and tuning the carb...
My First Dilemma is weather to convert my RC8 to Electric or buy another RTR and just sell my Nitro buggy. I am no pro racer so I don't need anything super expensive, I have been looking at the OFNA Hyper SSE RTR for $349.00. From what I can see it is going to cost me at least that to convert my car to electric?
If I do convert, what is a decent esc Motor combo that will perform at least as well as the stock nitro motor and not break the bank?
Also if I do convert, will my current receiver work with a new ESC?
Either way I am going to have to buy a Charger and some batteries which is another place I am lost.
1. What is a decent charger (I don't want to have to wait hours for a charge)
2. What are decent batteries
3. What kind of Runtime do you get out of electrics these days, this will help determine how many batteries I need to buy
Sorry if these are obvious questions to some. Like I said I am new to this and my findings searching the forum just seem to lead me to more questions...
thanks
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1. You can convert the RC8 to an elecric buggy for less than 100. http://www.rcplanet.com/Team_Associa...yAGkdPpC3w_wcB
Charger; http://www.atomikrc.com/products/ven...dio-speakers-1
PSU; http://www.motionrc.com/imaxrc-400w-...jBccSuNLXw_wcB
Battery; http://www.atomikrc.com/collections/...y-uni-x2-packs
Motor; http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store..._Inrunner.html
ESC; http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...ESC_w_Fan.html
Charger; http://www.atomikrc.com/products/ven...dio-speakers-1
PSU; http://www.motionrc.com/imaxrc-400w-...jBccSuNLXw_wcB
Battery; http://www.atomikrc.com/collections/...y-uni-x2-packs
Motor; http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store..._Inrunner.html
ESC; http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...ESC_w_Fan.html
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Now if you want to save some cash on the PSU, and charger plus don't mind some DIY
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27554 instructions to make a 47Amp PSU I built one exactly the same following the instructions it cost me around $27 a few years ago when all was said and done including the connectors.
I also own 2 of these http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...cessories.html
Batteries I won't recommend as you will need to figure out the dimensions of the battery box you will use(if you get the measurements then ask), and go off that. I have quite a few batteries, and not all of them will fit in each RC's as the batteries are physically different sizes.
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27554 instructions to make a 47Amp PSU I built one exactly the same following the instructions it cost me around $27 a few years ago when all was said and done including the connectors.
I also own 2 of these http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...cessories.html
Batteries I won't recommend as you will need to figure out the dimensions of the battery box you will use(if you get the measurements then ask), and go off that. I have quite a few batteries, and not all of them will fit in each RC's as the batteries are physically different sizes.
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