Nikko iRacer Vs. Digi-Q (Feature Comparison)

I am going to make some observations about my iRacer, and I'd like it if some of you can help me out by posting similar observations about your Digi-Q, that was I can start figuring out how to make both of these cars better.


We all know that the similarities between the iRacer and Digi-Q are as follows:

* IR Controlled, multiple Channels
* Digitally Proportional Accelleration and steering
* Twin Engine design with rubber rear tires and hard plastic front wheels
* Rechargeable


Here's what I noticed about my iRacer:

Batteries. Charger takes 4 AA batteries, inside the car there is a green-wrapped cell exactly the size of the one in the Bit-Char-G, I'm assuming it's NIMH because that's what the box says is in the car. The battery is held into the car by a small torx screw holding a cover on under the car, you don't have to remove the body to get to the cell.

I'd like someone to post how many/what size batteries are in the Digi-Q Controller and cars too, and any other details. I believe I heard someone say the Digi-Q uses 2 1/4AAA cells inside the car? is this true?

Charging. The controller seems to dump about 1.7-2.0 volts to the Car when charging. Charging takes about 2 minutes. (measured by placing my DVM in parallel with the car while it's charging because it looks like the charger can sense when the car is on the charger, I wasn't getting anything out of the charging posts until I put the car on it)

Likewise, if someone could measure the voltage and time for a Digi, that'd be excellent

Channels: 5 Channels available, I believe the Digi-Q has only 4, I wonder if any of the channels are cross-compatible