mardave v12 (battery question) sorry :(

[joe717]

hi i am very sorry i know you all hate stupid little questions from newbies and un-experianced people but anyway more to the point :-

can you use a 7.2 volt battery pack in a mardave v12
it may sound stupid but i am actually that unknowlageable about mardave cars i have a cobra
and am going to buy my first v12 TOMORROW!
and i need to know tonight if this is possible or not?
or if there are any ways of running them on this power supply or not please post some info in! :- :- :-
many thanks,
joe fullager

[Charles King]

they're not designed to run on 6 cells they are made to run on 4 you can modify them to use 6 cells but they aren't race legal.

Good choice (My Favourite Car) ;D

[joe717]

ok well could you please give me some rather detailed instructions on how to modify it as i am not racing untill about may!

many thanks,
j :DE

[Charles King]

basically you take the original battery housing off and use glass tape or insulating tape and tape the pack on! however if you are going to use the m.s.c which comes with it i'm not sure how you'll get round that as it is on top of the battery housing! :-

[joe717]

ah that could be a probrlem as i canot afford to buy an esc or cells untill may as i had £160 and baught a modified cobra for £100 and only got £60 left
wich £40 for v12
£20 for a servo
+ no more money :'( :'(

any advice for me???

i really hope you have

p.s i dont mean to sound poor just i am only nrly 14yrs old and aint got a job so i have no more money :-

thanks,
j ???E

[Charles King]

£20 for a servo on a mardave :o if i were you get a £7.95 one don't waste good servo's on stock cars!!!
as for the ESC get a Mtroniks ECO27 should do you to start with!

as for the budget don't worry i'm 18 and i've got a lower budget than that ;D

[joe717]

SSSSSSSSSWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEETTT

u just made my day :o ;D ;D ;D

do you think that i could get one at a mardave stockists for that price then i would MAYBE have enough for some cells but can i charge my cells on a nikko :-[ :-[
slow charger

cheers,
j :-[E

[Charles King]

futaba s3003 is £8.99 RRP any model shop should do a budget servo of the type! not fast but fairly strong! as for the charger i think nikko packs are 9.6V so i wouldn't use that charger to often but i think it's ok as a temporary!

[joe717]

ok well thankyou very very much you have saved me about a tenner now i am going to race my mardave in may i think i am going to use all mardave parts as in the rules you have to beacause otherwise it will get over my head and the equipt. will be worth more than the car the cobra is for modding the v12 is going to be my fun to drive racing hotrod would you recomend i get the rebel kit or the other one if theres any diff?
cheers,
joe!

[Charles King]

no problem ;D! basically it's a matter of preference between the rebel and the hotrod, the hotrod is the more common one more body shells, upgrades, etc. if i were you i'd gon in and see if they do any deals on the kits, some shops will take £5 off if you buy one of their packages!

[joe717]

ok cheers do ya think in any possible way i could get the kit + some cells + MAYBE a reciever for
£60 :o :o
i doubt it but i can switch the reciever about as my reciever is fastened using velcro!

plz reply a.s.a.p

chers,
joe!

[Matthew413]

Two words: Second Hand

:)

[EdT]

And two good words they are.........
I bought a good condition second hand Mardave with servo for £25.
Had a few (OK very few Spare parts as well).
In our club loads of folk use second hand kit.

[joe717]

just i cannot find one anywhere i have tried all free ads papers ect theres only one on ebay and thats about it well im off to buy my mardave v12 now guys,
see yaa,
joe!

[Alex Joyce]

just thought id tell you about my battery setup

if you put the 6 cells taped in you might have trouble

if you can manage a esc and your handy with a soldering iron you can take your batt pack appart and tape 2 cells ontop of 4

i dont recomend this if you dont know what your doing

as for the nikko charger I use one and it does the job only use it if you have a cheep batt pack

[Mark Stiles]

Why dont you just bend up the end of the speed controller plate, so that a 6 cell pack will fit in. Then just use tape as said previously. ???

[rich orton]

Hi there,

Alternitavely you could just unscrew the top plate and turn it upside down so the 6 cell pack will sloth straight in. If you screw the plate down pretty hard then this will prevent the battery sliding over the chassis etc.

I know it works i have had mine running like that for a while now but ive just realised that 6cell and 19t motors = NO BRUSHES left, lol...

Im going back to me 4 cell packs and me 540 motor and ill get it good doing that.

[Alex Joyce]

i found that the 6 cell packs tend to interfere with the shell

[joe717]

well i have decided to waitr untill may as it is my birthday on the 6th so exactly a month so i will be able to afford to buy some cells aswell as an e.s.c wich will be alot better!
i went out and baught a £30 pro-peak charger and 2 new ansmann battery's instead !
cheers anyways,
joe

[Charles King]

good choice get your'e cobra working well first!!

[joe717]

yeah i thaught it was best if i improved my driving first before i go and start to have to cars and have 2 have two techniques one for carpet and one for outdoor! :o

many thanks joe

[Arnie503]

can someone tell me how long a purple 4 cell battery pack will last for racing it has a tamiya plug on it i believe they are the normal kit batteries i need to know so i can work out how many to get (i have 2 at the moment)

[Mark Stiles]

I wouldn't bother buying any more of those packs, as they're pretty useless if you're racing competitively. I know of a place where you can get top cells for under £20 for a 4-cell pack, and under £30 for a 6-cell pack. They are not competition matched, but they're perfect for mardave racing (although you'll have to assemble the packs yourself!)