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Shit, the thing I nearly forgot I wanted to do.. thanks for reminding.. Those wheelhubs will definitely need some review! So order placed.. but customs will still come on top to those costs.. *sigh so what I wanted to say: The wheelhubs are available from today! @gyenesvi But seems they put it as compatible to their shorter-end u-joints, as we speculated already..

@Toastie those Electrolytes are just added at production and dissolve themselfes, so I am aware this effect is a goner after the batteries have been started to be used. :)

same here, so please consider anything in that regard like "may be absolutely wrong" - I am also no expert in that field! to add, ChatGPT (fresh prompt, just with the open question with the intention of it not hallucinating towards the asked question if asked specifically..): Excerpt: 4. Use of Additives in Electrolytes Electrolyte Stabilizers: Many manufacturers add stabilizing compounds or additives to the electrolyte that slow down the rate of degradation reactions. These additives can prolong shelf life and improve performance retention. Customized Electrolyte Formulas: High-quality LiPo cells may have custom electrolyte mixtures designed specifically for shelf stability, which reduce self-discharge and slow down aging.

@Zerobricks All the best wishes for recovering fastly! @pankov: Also not 100% sure on this, but from my previous researches on LiPO topics it seems to be possible to add another chemical in the production, which is hindering a battery to degrade. those chemicals themself will degrade in the first discharges&charges.. but currently having no sources at hand.. just mentioning this may be a common practice for lipo producers..

Possibly to add: If I remember right the ideal temps for operating (charging and discharging LiPOs) is around 40°C. Critical limit on colder temperatures is 10°C as the chemical reactions can't work fast enough to deliver the needed current and chances are high for them instead shortening and with that damaging the cells. So operating them in winter is not considered a good idea if one plans for them being in a good state over plenty of years :D

Yeah, it may finally be the time I need to switch - thanks for reminding! ♥

wonderful, do I need to recreate all my profiles again or what stupid reason no controls are being shown / the buwizz unit is not connecting anymore into a profile after I hit "Drive"? In the settings I can still change the PU colors - so connection is possible there but not when I want to use the app.... %^&#^*%

I already thought it would be too narrow to be implemented.

Fingers crossed then!

Nice looking and very compact! One little comment: for other receivers than Buwizz it may br nice to switch one motor to be able to connect the two moters om the same PF port. But would need another transfer-gear. Render of my E-Kart MOC using this: As it would also allow for an old PF Servo to be used as consequence Another minor effect: the wheel axle is less stressed towards the longer distance side to the wheel

I can't tell any information - have you tried to message him on rebrickable directly already?

Thanks for the adds with the PCB / ICs possibly pulling ongoingly on the batt!

Maybe their bcs is shitty and destroying the batts in the long run - do you have a LiPO tester or charger? Because I would really be interested what those smart chargers would say to the Buwizz battery.. (think they have a plugable batt in the buwizz, so could be removed without soldering - but not sure if that connector would be fitting to regular LiPO chargers). For the costs: yeah 20 € per battery unit is much - but I think I may order two just in case as replacement (did look already if I can find the same type with the same connector, but internet didn't deliver anything fitting - at least none where small quantities could be bought, think I found a fitting one without connector, but one needs to order 1000+ units...). As also Buwizz may have limited stock on the replacements batteries, which would render the Buwizz units completely useless.

Yeah, I arrived at that opinion too - too many claims which weren't achieved or even tried to achieve (see their future app updates lie, nothing happening since over two years). But to be fair with them: I wouldn't blame them for degrading batteries... it is LiPOs in the end and they will degrade over time, doesn'y matter if they were used /charged at all, wrongly or correctly...

https://buwizz.com/shop/buwizz-3-0-pro-replacement-battery/ Here you go - their initial lies of free replacements were just scam... 🤷🏻‍♂️

I wouldnt rely on any chinese brand to respect IP besides CaDA.. so at worst even if you would reach out to them, chances are high they will screw you. Wrote you a pm with some recommendations..

@ZENE Thanks for adding your motivations - will copy to the main post.

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-65204/ Buwizz2/3 or chin. battery/receivers fitting..

Its about their ujoint product which has shorter flanks towards the axles as it has a screw to fix the axles.. seems they just planned to be used with their ujoints to have the angling point being aligned correctly to the holes..

I think it is intentionally to have the joints anglepoint aligned with the two pinholes - but seems that is not 100% fitting in the pics... so may just be pics of a prototype?! But I only got the images from a preview from the vendor - so no hands on yet..

welcome! will update the main post again for the mentioned other new MTP parts available.. edit: possibly take the pics out of the quote - may allow for better readability - I should have put it in another spoiler box in the 1st place possibly.. edit2: thanks milan

@ZENE Added your products finally to to 1st post! Sorry for the inconveniences of me taking so long to do this! Feel free to hit me up with a private message if I need to change anything. Other little update for MTP: They released some more products, will update the post here accordingly within the next days.. but for now the big thing I am waiting for: Edit: Moved pictures to main post

Glad you seem to have a higher motivation & I am appreciating this! Besides the regular efforts to create a MOC manual, I am lately very unhappy with the stability of Studio over its updates.. different things are breaking left and right and one can't really tell if the next update may not deliver any new unforseeable errors.. And yes, I think I better search for a more or less recent version and stay with that.. but nevertheless the quality for me is not yet fitting "the new official lego digital building tool". Not blaming any of the devs, but I would wish for Lego investing a little in the app development to get the product into a polished state.

Can just agree to @smazmats. Creating manuals is really a PITA and only people who tried may understand what amount of efforts are going into this. Building a digital model alone is just peanuts vs doing the steps of sorting the parts into the right buildorder, do all the groupings, adjusting the views etc pp... I had bad mood at my ~700 pieces models already, I just can't imagine to have to do this with plenty thousends of parts as I think I would go nuts before I finish... :D On the other hand for me it is also just a Hobby and creating (my small) MOCs manuals was fun (to a certain amount.. ) and I would recommend to any person doing it to primarily earn money to search for a better paid job :D

thanks in advance for picking up the idea ♥