01-05-2011, 11:24 PM
OK Gazz - I'll measure up the cavity and get back to you.
When I was at HK Caringbah yesterday with Owen, one of the two blokes in the shop told me that they were expecting their next big shipment of LiPos mid-May and he mentioned the smaller sized batteries (1000 mAh) specifically. I expect the Aus warehouse would be receiving part of the same shipment.
As for the extra 30g - difficult to be sure, but I suspect that it wouldn't be too much of an issue. The stock battery we got with our T-33 was an 850 mAh 3S 20C job and we've since tested the plane out with a 1050 mAh 3S 20C Rhino. Not sure what the mass difference was there (I'll measure it later) but some of the blokes on RCGroups reckon they've been putting 1300 mAh batteries in, which suggests an extra 30g isn't likely to be a big problem.
When we were at Blacktown, I thought Kieran said that the bloke flying the blue T-33 there was "Cloaked" from RCGroups, but when I messaged Cloaked and asked him which batteries he was using, he said he wasn't at Blacktown, so it must have been a different guy. Bit of a shame because I'd like to know what he was using - it was certainly providing the necessary "zip" on the stock setup. I might still be able to find out who the guy was though, because he was mates with "Mr Kamikaze" (the Precision Aerobatics guy) who I know I can contact.
Anyway, I'll get back to you when I've done a little more digging here.
When I was at HK Caringbah yesterday with Owen, one of the two blokes in the shop told me that they were expecting their next big shipment of LiPos mid-May and he mentioned the smaller sized batteries (1000 mAh) specifically. I expect the Aus warehouse would be receiving part of the same shipment.
As for the extra 30g - difficult to be sure, but I suspect that it wouldn't be too much of an issue. The stock battery we got with our T-33 was an 850 mAh 3S 20C job and we've since tested the plane out with a 1050 mAh 3S 20C Rhino. Not sure what the mass difference was there (I'll measure it later) but some of the blokes on RCGroups reckon they've been putting 1300 mAh batteries in, which suggests an extra 30g isn't likely to be a big problem.
When we were at Blacktown, I thought Kieran said that the bloke flying the blue T-33 there was "Cloaked" from RCGroups, but when I messaged Cloaked and asked him which batteries he was using, he said he wasn't at Blacktown, so it must have been a different guy. Bit of a shame because I'd like to know what he was using - it was certainly providing the necessary "zip" on the stock setup. I might still be able to find out who the guy was though, because he was mates with "Mr Kamikaze" (the Precision Aerobatics guy) who I know I can contact.
Anyway, I'll get back to you when I've done a little more digging here.
Steve Murray