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[Deleted member 4366]

Just spotted this. Might be of interest to somebody. The motor looks quite large for a supposed 200w. SLA batteries mean it's heavy, but could be replaced with a 44v 10aH lipo pack for about £150. Solder the shunt and it could be a flyer.
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[amigafan2003]

Where does it say it has an SLA battery?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

It doesn't say lithium, and you can tellby the weight at 39kg.

 

[flecc]

They are SLA. These are a many years old design and normally sold for £300 in the past, I'm surprised they are still around. Our member Fecn was selling a pair for £100 each some while ago. They work ok and the largish motor is a 200 watt rated one, just very heavy though.

There is a slimmer battery lithium version on the market with the tell-tale extra bit of space at the back of the battery platform giving the game away.

 

[Haku]

I saw one of those locked up at my local Sainsburys a couple of times, I thought it looked quite nice, but reading here that it weighs 39kg takes some of the coolness away.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I was thinking that one could sell the SLAs for about £50,the charger for about £15, add a £100 and use it to buy a 10.4aH 44v lipo pack that would fit in the case and save about 9kg. Solder the shunt for 20amps and you'd have climbing power and a bit more speed, or go for a 15aH pack and have range - all for about £550.

 

[flecc]

And from memory that could beat the lithium version I'd seen, I think that was £650.