Found R/C car in loft

[badgerade]

Hi All,

I've been clearing the loft and found my Traxxas Rustler R/C truck. It's been up there for ages so I'm think that the batteries will be completely dead.

What can I do to get it up and running again? I've seen people talking about 30 minute + run times, which is a bit of a change from the 3 minutes that I was used to! (Along with 4 hour charging).

I've still got all the radio gear, so i guess just some new cells, charger and electronic speed controller? I'll only use it in the garden/park so don't want to spend too much..

Thanks!

[TheEnd]

ESC? is that an upgrade, as it should be OK if you had one before.

[badgerade]

TheEnd said:

ESC? is that an upgrade, as it should be OK if you had one before.

It's still got the old mechanical speed controller, which I seem to recall being slightly dodgy at the best of times!

[TheEnd]

Ah yes.
On my old one, it'd have the equivalent of 3 gears, slow, wheelspin and constant donuts.

[blueST]

My recomendations if you don;t want to spend too much.

Charger: Will charge anything in an hour. You need to get the correct connector for your type of battery.
http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/ansmann-x...

Batteries: They will also sell you the connector for the charger.
http://component-shop.co.uk/html/large_packs.html

ESC: Some guidance at the top of the page to help you choose
http://goldstarstockists.net/live/catalog/index.ph...