I am new to RCs and so my Megatech Megapro Buggy is the first RC car (well, real one) that I've owned. I've been loving it and decided I wanted a better/faster charger, so I figured that the Megatech Megapeak charger should work easily, but I just got it yesterday only to find that it doesn't have the right kind of connector. There is an adapter cable and in fact it has what appears to be the right kind of connector on it, but it is the wrong gender! I.e. it is the same gender of plug as is on the battery. So I guess what I need is an adapter. Is there a place that sells a ready-made adapter that goes from the Megapeak's standard plug to the (correct gender) MegaPro battery plug? Alternatively, is there a small standard gender change adapter? I've searched and searched but haven't had much luck. For one thing I'm really unclear on what the proper name for these connecters is. Is it a "Tamiya" connector and is there a regular and small version?
I did find, but for some reason can't find it now, that Megatech has a "coming soon" adapter for the Megapro for the Megapeak charger, but it's coming soon and I can't find it listed at any online hobby shops.
EDIT: I found the part listing at megatech and the part number for their "coming soon" adapter (if it is really coming soon - I couldn't find it by doing a regular search, I found it via a google search, but searching for it on their website itself turns up nothing) is MTC73121. The parts are listed for "ProPulse" instead of MegaPro, so it makes me wonder if this line is really still supported. Here's the page with all the parts:
http://www.megatech.com/Pro-Pulse-parts.php
EDIT2: I finally located the part. It isn't listed anywhere and it isn't listed at the rchobbyexplosion.com web site at all, but if you call them they do actually have it and apparently have had it for some time. I told them they should list the things on the web site and they certainly agreed. Megatech also needs to do something about their wildly confusing web site. For on thing the toll-free number listed there doesn't work, the correct number is 1-800-242-1931. The manual that came with my car and the charger both list the non-working number too. Also, sending email to
sales@megetech.com or
support@megatech.com immediately returns a "Failed to Deliver" message, but actually my message had gone through because I ended up getting a response after all. They told me to call that 800 number, which I did, and they sent me to rchobbyexplosion.com and when I told them that the part wasn't on that web site they were confused and told me to call rchobbyexplosion which, as noted, finally netted me the part. Fortunately they agreed to send the thing first class instead of priority to save on shipping. Sigh. Megatech is a mess. I gather that that's the general opinion anyway.