need help on electric cars(specs)

[shi shi bog]

What kind of battery do you electric cars have?
Is 9.6v good?

my dad is buying a rc electric car and i dont if its any good.

please give some info

[aN4rK1]

umm 9.6v? those are mosltly used by the cheap toy RC cars that are peices of crap. I couldnt be wrong but i havent seen any hobby grade RC cars use that voltage, all the hobby grade ones use 7.2V NiCD or NiMH batteries

[shi shi bog]

my dads buying it and i think he just wants it for fun but i want spend money on it.

Whats the difference between NiCD and NiHM?

he doesnt have the car yet but when he does ill ask more questions

thanks for your help man

[aN4rK1]

hey no problem, but i dunno the difference between NiCD and NiMH to tell u the trusth, i think that the NiMH has better run times or sumthing, dont exactly know, and sure feel free to ask more questions

[turbo type-r]

2 cars that are good to start with , highly upgradable and on a competition level are the team associated tc3 and team losi xxx-s

[shi shi bog]

type r i already have a rc car its not electric so i dont know any thing about them

my dad is buying a piece of crap car and i wanna spend money on it. but i dont know whats good or crap

i wanna ask how long does your car battery last for
and how long does it take to charge?

i wanna get a good battery for it straight away something that has fast charging times and lasts pretty long.

so if you guys would please tell me some stuff like whats good and whats not that would be much appreciated

[aN4rK1]

umm it all depends, righ tnow i have 2 3300 mah batteries, so far those are the highest run times out there, i think the 3600 cells are coming out soon, and charge time it also depends on ur charger and what amp rate u charge it at, just go look at the drift sticky, look at the battery and charger section

[carlos539]

I have a car that use 9.6v but it's not a model, it's just a toy.

On some websites, the motormakers recommend 7.2v for the most of motors. You can use 9.6 but you will speed the damaging up, ok?

The NiMH are better than Nicd, cause they don't have "memory". You must not recharge after the complete discharging, as nicd, ok? The durability is bigger, too.

Sorry for my beginning english :-)


Carlos

[mike@af]

I usually get 20 minute run tims out of my NiCd.

[shi shi bog]

tanks for the help guys ill probably get a 7.2v for it

will any type of battery fit in it?

[aN4rK1]

Umm u know even tho its a 9.6V and u trying to get the 7.2 V, the 7.2v might be bigger, have you seen the batteries we use in the hobby grade RC's? you need to find the battery size and see what u can do with that

[mike@af]

You cant interchange the voltage. Thats like running a real car off of double a's.

[shi shi bog]

what do you mean mike?
do i have to get a better motor?