Following a nice sale on Hobbyking, i decided to buy some new antweight batteries.  At $0.59 – $0.99 each, these little beauties should hopefully reduce my weight down, without affecting actual play time.

I found them whilst looking into the bargain bins of hobbyking (INTERNATIONAL STORE)

 http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/bargain_bins_rc_hobby_products.asp?bin=1

My Ant is currently weighing in at 170g so by reducing weight and using my milling machine to fill out some nuice parts, i can reduce overall weight by 30g.

The batteries are the slot in type so i either make/buy a connector for them (common to buy landing gear/battery pack slots as a whole and break it down) or remove the existing connector and replace it with a more standard one.

I prefer to keep this connector as its handy, and i can just get the set charger for it, but i also have the other chargers for the other standard JST type.

Hmmm… run to ebay to check prices and options i think

The batteries are an assortment of Nano-Tech 160mAh 25c 1s, Nano-Tech 160mAh 25-45c 1s, Nano-Tech 130mAh 25c 1s all 3.7v and slot in connectors, but in both 2 types of connectors – one new and old style heli.

I have just purchased a charger for these battery, which are also handy for charging my other Lipos single cells.

I also have purchased some battery holders, something i can make with the 3d printer but for ease i thought i would buy these.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__19262__Nine_Eagles_Battery_Holder.html

Curiosity, you can also buy these direct from E-SKY, for a mere $1.04 which i had wanted to buy, and buy 30 of them so i can resell to the antweight community, but they only have 1 in stock, and the minimum $7 postage didnt warrant buying 1.

http://www.esky-heli.com/nine-eagles-ne401777008a-battery-holder.html