bensu chevy and humvee - Page 2

starion_999 · #16 03-13-2003, 02:43 AM

Just bought the Humvee, same quirks as Sezziz10 had w/ body removal and so on but... did you notice the stand alone charger is using 3xAAA (4.5v) for 1 minute! Gets you thinking...how? why? and if you dual cell the thing how much too add if any? Of course now the dual celled Bit's have a pre man'd charger stand ready to go!

sessiz10 · #17 03-13-2003, 03:12 AM

The humvee I purchased is a bit bullet clone (bensu). The one you're talking about is most likely a motorworks car wich is more of a zcar clone. The reason I say this is because the bullet clone doesn't have a stand alone charger. It charges on the TX like most other bullet clones and only takes 2xAA.
This is what I purchased and where I purchased mine from.
http://www.toyeast.com/proddetail2.asp?pdtid=AC1291

starion_999 · #18 03-14-2003, 07:58 AM

here are a couple pics. Notice the tx still has a space for the pad.
Cannonball by Bensu w/ hazard cones and signs.

starion_999 · #19 03-14-2003, 08:00 AM

here is the tx. The charger station uses 3xAAA btw.

sessiz10 · #20 03-14-2003, 11:35 AM

Thanks for the pics, that's the first time I've seen that.

crazydave · #21 03-14-2003, 10:51 PM

I have one of those Cannonball clones. It's not the Hummer, but the charge base and radio are identical.

The charge base on mine was only putting out 4.15 volts, with a fresh set of batteries that should have read 1.65. So it was losing a half a volt somewhere. I was also wondering if chargeing at a higher rate would make the car faster, but I found out that the battery only takes about 1.8 volts while chargeing, no matter how much you put into it, and always outputs 1.38 when fully charged. I also found that the base was giving the battery too much of a zap. The runtimes were around a minute, and performance was weak, but that same battery charged with 2 cells, and useing my volt meter to watch for the peak (about 4min.) runs for about 25 min., and is very punchy.

I also have a Motorworks car that has 3 cells in the charger, and does put out the full 4.5 volt. I put some overpriced, high output Rayovac Maximum Plus batteries in it, because they were the only ones I could find, and they blew the NiMH up the second time I charged it.

So 4.5 volts to charge one cell, is bad in my book. The slower you charge the battery, the better the performance, just as a generalized rule.

I really wanted one of those Chevy's BTW. Too bad they are out of stock. I hope they get more.

ralliart · #22 03-15-2003, 02:19 AM

Oh, i was just wondering if Bensu clones have alluminum rims? Because i was helping my friend fix his bit one day and the rim stuck to the magnet....i was soo amazed..

But i wanted to know ALL bensu clones are like that, or does anyone else have alluminum rims?