W.I.P. my h1 humvee diary

PUBE JOOLZ · Post by **PUBE JOOLZ** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:13 am

My oh my!

ynad · Post by **ynad** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:03 pm

HOT

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:36 pm

I actually have no idea who the guy is in the pic is , but with out the hair and the glasses I think he would look like Radar from Mash.

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:52 pm

I believe that's Richie Cuntingham's brother, Clint Howard.
He was the little kid in Gentle Ben.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:10 pm

Nice work betty. I'm glad you did this now, because I'm actually planning something similar, so I got questions.

Is that battery the same or similar to the ones from the little helis? How many volts is that? How many do you need to power a miniZ/Iwaver board? Few more more Lipo questions, I have a tendency to run my cars until they stop, I'm nervous of overdischarging the lipo. Is there really much risk of overdischarging? If so how do you know when to stop? Would a cutoff circuit be a good idea/neccesary?

Tuner1989 · Post by **Tuner1989** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:59 pm

AWESOME, Now to go look at the pics again its just too cool. Great work!

)3utthead · Post by **)3utthead** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:50 pm

sweeeeet
nice job i love it it looks great

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:33 pm

crazydave wrote:Nice work betty. I'm glad you did this now, because I'm actually planning something similar, so I got questions.

Is that battery the same or similar to the ones from the little helis? How many volts is that? How many do you need to power a miniZ/Iwaver board? Few more more Lipo questions, I have a tendency to run my cars until they stop, I'm nervous of overdischarging the lipo. Is there really much risk of overdischarging? If so how do you know when to stop? Would a cutoff circuit be a good idea/neccesary?

the cell i'm using is a 3.7v etec 80mah lipo, not sure how it compares to the full river cells but i think mine is a little larger.
to adequately power a miniz or iw board you will want this sort of voltage (1 lipo or 3 nimh). i'm told 2.4v will work too but it's kinda sluggish.

i was a bit nervous about over discharging too but it's pretty obvious when the cell drops in voltage. i use the same cell in my zzmt, once it starts to slow down i stop and charge. so far it's never overdischarged.

i guess a cutoff curcuit would be ideal but it's not needed for people like us

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:38 pm

gave it a lick of paint today, it's still drying so no finished pics just yet.

to mount the body it will hook into the front slot and i glued a couple of bits of plastic inside it which will clip on to the chassis. to stop it slipping down too far i'll stick some spongy foam inside to hold it up.

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:48 pm

very nice.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:04 pm

Damn dude.
You're rockin' out. Like always, but damn still.
All the subtle but kick ass shit in the chassis, and then a cool body to suit...
That's the shit.

PUBE JOOLZ · Post by **PUBE JOOLZ** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:20 pm

I like the idea of that bit of plastic that clips onto the chassis.

Now i wouldn't hesitate to cut the front slot on my chassis. I will just click it on top.

Nice body work betty!

honda_s2000 · Post by **honda_s2000** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:56 pm

Jesus betty you work fast, do you know what food/drink and sleep are ?

Awsome job, but we're gonna' need some video!

)3utthead · Post by **)3utthead** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:40 pm

holy crap i was just drinkink some water and i just spit it all out that thing is sweet

honda_s2000 · Post by **honda_s2000** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:26 pm

)3utthead wrote:holy crap i was just drinkink some water and i just spit it all out that thing is sweet

Really ?