Battery for Wild Willy

[Paul Corbett]

Hi

I have decided to reanimate my Wild Willy after 15 years of hibernation in
my cellar. Now I am looking for batteries which would replace my old 7.2 V
Tamiya 1200mAh Blocks.
Are there Batteries available with the same voltage, dimensions and
connectors which I can use without any modification on my Wild Willy.
I have also thought of opening the blocks and building a new battery pack.
What type of cells should I use in that case?

Tanks for any hints

Paul

[Joost Runsink]

Paul Corbett <paul.corbett@bluenet.ch> wrote:
> my cellar. Now I am looking for batteries which would replace my old 7.2 V
> Tamiya 1200mAh Blocks.
> Are there Batteries available with the same voltage, dimensions and
> connectors which I can use without any modification on my Wild Willy.

All cells are still 1,2 volt (times 6 = 7,2V) Current cells are slightly
bigger than the old 1200 ones I think. It shouldn't be a problem to make or
buy a of the shelf pack that fits. IIRC the wildwilly had the generic Tamiya
style connectors wich are still used today.

Talking about old machines in the basement, does anybody have a Wild One
from tamiya laying around in Europe ?

Joost

[Keith S.]

If I remember right, WW1 used a hump pack, 5 cells on bottom, one cell on top.
You might have to custom build one since no one makes packs in that
configation.

[mykrowyre]

> If I remember right, WW1 used a hump pack, 5 cells on bottom, one cell on
top.
> You might have to custom build one since no one makes packs in that
> configation.

Those were 7 cell packs... 6 on the bottom, one on the top.

-tom

[Keith S.]

>> If I remember right, WW1 used a hump pack, 5 cells on bottom, one cell on
top.
>> You might have to custom build one since no one makes packs in that
>> configation.

>Those were 7 cell packs... 6 on the bottom, one on the top.

>-tom

No, WW1 used a 5 cell 6v flat pack, or 6 cell 7.2 hump pack.
A 6 cell stick or 6 cell side by side would be too big.
See the manual at: www.tamiyaclub.com

[Jay Bo]

me thinks mykrowieeieie chap is thinking of his old rc10 or something
there...

its easy enough to buy the cells and build a pack like the tamiya hump
packs...





"Keith S." <kschauweker@aol.comMyPants> wrote in message
news:20030422003416.18827.00000173@mb-m03.aol.com...
> >> If I remember right, WW1 used a hump pack, 5 cells on bottom, one cell
on
> top.
> >> You might have to custom build one since no one makes packs in that
> >> configation.
>
> >Those were 7 cell packs... 6 on the bottom, one on the top.
>
> >-tom
>
> No, WW1 used a 5 cell 6v flat pack, or 6 cell 7.2 hump pack.
> A 6 cell stick or 6 cell side by side would be too big.
> See the manual at: www.tamiyaclub.com

[BradL]

Keith S. wrote:
>>> If I remember right, WW1 used a hump pack, 5 cells on bottom, one
>>> cell on top. You might have to custom build one since no one makes
>>> packs in that configation.
>
>> Those were 7 cell packs... 6 on the bottom, one on the top.
>
>> -tom
>
> No, WW1 used a 5 cell 6v flat pack, or 6 cell 7.2 hump pack.
> A 6 cell stick or 6 cell side by side would be too big.
> See the manual at: www.tamiyaclub.com

I remember the 'hump pack' used in my old Tamiya Baja Bug and (was it) Rough
Rider.
Definitely 6 sub-C cells arranged 5 on the bottom and one on top, one in
from the end.
The batteries were arranged side-by-side. The Tamiya ones were in a hard
plastic case.

Regards,
Brad.

[mykrowyre]

> me thinks mykrowieeieie chap is thinking of his old rc10 or something
> there...
>
> its easy enough to buy the cells and build a pack like the tamiya hump
> packs...

Nah... you're right. I was only uh about 12 at the time :P Just looked at
the manual and yep, sure enough it's a 6 cell pack. I think I confused their
smaller 6 volt pack with a 6 cell pack, which made me think the 7.2V pack
was actually a 7 cell pack (although yes, the voltage should have been 8.4V
bah). Keep in mind this was 20 years ago. Sheesh.

-tom

[Paul Corbett]

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"mykrowyre" <mykrowyre@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > its easy enough to buy the cells and build a pack like the tamiya hump
packs...

Hi

I have ordered a bunch of Sanyo 1.2V/1700mAh cells to replace the dead 1200
mAh cells in my battery packs. I opened one of my packs and it shouldn't be
a problem to solder the cells together to fit into the pack.
Thanks for all comments and hints

Paul