69tr6r

Target has the NB FJ40 crawler on sale for $41.98 so I picked up 2 for my older boys, ages 10 and 7. I haven't received them yet, but I wanted to pick up some more batteries so they can switch them out when they die instead of waiting 4 hours for a re-charge. Anybody know what the best place is for this? Also, is it possible to use a quick charger to charge the batteries?

When I was a kid I had a Tamiya Hornet and the charger I had was 15 minutes, it was great! I miss the old Hornet, but I see RC cars and trucks have come a long way since the mid 80's!

Thanks in advance for the advice.

texx

69tr6r Welcome to our forum ..

You could intall two batteries in parallel or .. you get a good battery of 3500 mah ..

For the charger, your hobby store you will find some. [sm=thumbup.gif]

Good luck in your future mods, and post photos of your work ..

thank

The second battery installed in parallel, + / + .. - / - Used to give double the execution time


No battery..


With battery ..


2 th battery with wire + tamiya adaptor ..


The second battery ..

69tr6r

Thanks Texx. Do you know how long the stock battery lasts? I'm assuming this double battery would last twice as long.

texx

Approximately 15-20 minutes for 1 stock NB battery 600 mah (this is not the best battery) []



Then ... the execution time would be about 40/45 minutes with two 600 mah.

Best batterie ..3000 mah +..

69tr6r

Cool, thanks texx. Should be getting the trucks today, but they won't be used till after Xmas.
Happy Holidays!

texx

69tr6r..

A beautiful project, after the festivities would be welcome.

Happy Holidays.

69tr6r

Update - I received the 2 New Bright FJ40's and one of them has a bad battery, charged overnight and it doesn't move the truck more than a few inches. The other battery seems fine though. I thought the truck would be more capable, but I guess it needs some mods to be a better crawler.

On another note, I am going to return the one that has a bad battery, and when I checked out the Target web site, they are now reduced to $29.99. So I called and got a refund of around $11. Makes it a little better at that price.

Thanks.

texx

HELLO .. 69tr6r ..

If the charger is good, it is possible that a battery is in trouble ..

The rc are just toys, we need their make some mods to make them perform.

Check mods YELLOW-CRAWLER, and also other members who were present rc / 10 newbright on the forum.

You can make a good climber, adding a 4th gear in the differential, or make it better, with some very simple mods .

.MOTOR / BETTER BATTERY / OIL-SHOCK / BEST TIRE / LOWER BODY / install an ESC system / ETC .. ETC

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zman5000

i had no idea what you could do with a nb, iv'e bought 2 for the bodies, i trashed one of the chassis but kept the other. i got the rock crawler editions of the fj cruiser and jeep wrangler. this is what i do with those bodies