Bye bye HobbyKing??
 

Don't know if there is already a thread about this, if so than lock this one and throw it into the ocean.

Hongkong Post bans airmailing of lipos

A friend of mine ordered a LiPo like 1.5 week back and the item was returned to sender. Bad news for all who liked Zippy/Turnigy ??

Wow,maybe it wasn't such a great time to convert my revo after all if this is really going to happen--Josh

I just got my lipos in the mail this week that I ordered about the same time. Wonder how I got so lucky? I never get lucky...

That sucks ballz.

Does mention thats HK only so far, hopefully Hobbyking & the like will have a mainland base warehouse to get around this eventually....

rest assuredly boyz, those scrupulous asians will find a way to sell us their wares

@ vader, there's a first time for everything ;)

@ neil, yeah I was hoping they will stock LiPo's roof high in the DE warehouse!

@ para, lol ... LOST voice : ''if there's a way, they will find it''

EDIT: update from the friend of mine who ordered the LiPo :

HK : ''yes, once we receive the returned package, we can cancel the order for you and issue refund.Please check your hobbyking account for updates later.''

Made an order yesterday. No suggestions of any issue

Well, this sucks. Blue Lipo anyone?

Well that sucks.

There will be a loop hole somewhere somehow.

So there's one piece of information and nothing else. I think it's a little early for hand ringing.

I was about to say the same, I can not find anything else anywhere on this subject. Made up?

Found this:

http://sc.hongkongpost.com/gb/www.ho...229b/index.htm

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/forum...=shipping&PN=1

FYI, they now have a UPS International shipping option. It's only good for up to 2kg, but at least it's an option now.

This might come into play as well, posted on the Hyperion website: "Recent changes in international shipping regulations limit single cells to 20Wh, and packs to 100Wh." It's supposedly for all international shipping, not just HK Post.

Basically, for international shipping a single lipo cell can only be 5400mah max capacity, and the biggest pack can be a 5S 5400mah. Anything bigger than that will need to be split into two packs (still wrapped together in same heatshrink, but as far as the circuit/wiring is concerned they are separate) that will need to use a jumper wire to combine them back into one pack when it arrives at the destination.

There is a thread about this in the "General Electric" section of the forum.

Made an order monday, guess I'll see what happens.