I took the plunge and ordered a 24V 20AH LifePO4 battery from ebay, China supplier. Ebay member id was power_battery_a123 . They were fine to deal with, built the battery to order and shipped fairly quickly. There were three choices of dimensions, 70x180x270, 70x345x140, 180x140x140 (I went with this last one).
This is no frills - the pack is wrapped in thick tape, but I can assume its many cells connected together under that tape. Wires coming out of the pack into a separate BMS, two wires for power coming out of the BMS and a separate wired IEC connector for connecting to the supplied 3AH charger I havent tested the battery yet apart from connecting a multimeter which showed 26.4v I haven't weighed it, but they say 6.3kg's for this model It cost USD$180 + USD$88 for shipping (DHL tracked) to Australia. A genuine LifeBatt 24V 20AH was quoted locally at AUD$1400 I am working on the drive control electronics for my tank at the moment, and when they're all connected up I'll be able to turn the M01's over using this battery. Pics of the battery and bits are here: http://www.holnet.net/images/tank/20090120/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
