Bye bye HobbyKing??

[FG101C]

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

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by simplechamp

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.

So your saying if we order a 4s 5000 or a 5s 5000 . There should be no problem with them shipping it.

Originally Posted by simplechamp

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.

It's those damned nitro people got together and done this!!!

[What's_nitro?]

What is the point of this new regulation? Was there some kind of accident, or are the old people running the world just getting power hungry again?

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

What is the point of this new regulation? Was there some kind of accident, or are the old people running the world just getting power hungry again?

More than likely it's some gov't agency trying to protect us from ourselves because you know people in general are stupid and need big brother to think for us...

[simplechamp]

The packs you listed meet the requirement of being less than 100Wh and less than 20Wh for a single cell so they can be shipped internationally, but Hong Kong Post is saying they won't ship any lipos anymore, so you'd need to use another carrier still.

[Chadworkz]

If it just applies to airmail & EMS, then it doesn't affect the regular HobbyCity shipping method at all (by boat), it will just take longer to get our batteries.

[Losi LST2]

I just ordered 2 6s 5000mah batteries last week and got the EMS shipping

Am i going to end up getting screwed over because of this?

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by Losi LST2

I just ordered 2 6s 5000mah batteries last week and got the EMS shipping

Am i going to end up getting screwed over because of this?

No. They are working on rerouting those packages by other means. It may take longer, but you should still get your order.

[Losi LST2]

Originally Posted by skellyo

No. They are working on rerouting those packages by other means. It may take longer, but you should still get your order.

I hope so...cause if these bateries don't get to me my lst probobly wont get run at all :O

Hopfully they figure out away around this

[_paralyzed_]

I told everyone to rest assuredly, that things would be figured out in post #5.

Quite frankly I don't understand why there were any questions or discussions after I spoke.

[V0RT3X]

We are now trialing a private courier that will ship parcels under 1kg to Europe in 4 days and at the same price as Registered Air mail.
Thats around $18US to post 1kg to Europe in 4 days!
We hope to have this new service confirmed in the next 14 days.

We have already begun trialing this new service with many european orders, and to see what the tracking details look like take a look below;

29.05.2010 13:48 Mailed
29.05.2010 13:48 Mailed Swiss Post SINGAPORE
29.05.2010 13:48 Arrival at border point of country of mailing Swiss Post SINGAPORE
29.05.2010 14:21 Departed transit country
29.05.2010 14:21 Departure from border point of country of mailing Swiss Post SINGAPORE
29.05.2010 14:21 Departed transit country Swiss Post SINGAPORE
01.06.2010 12:12 Mailed
01.06.2010 23:21 Arrival at border point of country of mailing CH-8010 Zürich 1
01.06.2010 23:22 Departure from border point of country of mailing CH-8010 Zürich 1
As you can see, the courier service travels via Singapore, then via SwissPost to Europe and then via private courier to your door.
This type of service is treated as standard mail, just like Registered Air Mail. So customs is a non-issue.

[suicideneil]

Hmm, $18 for ~2lbs aint too bad, thats a pair of 4s lipos I'd say..

[Finnster]

Eh, nitro people can't get nitro shipped unless its by expensive hazmat shipping. Thankful its not that.

Looks like they will work around the guidelines easily enough. At my company we have to ship chemicals all over the world, and there are quite a few regs how things get packaged, allowable amts and types of classifications and labelling.

I know of a particular idiot at another company who put a highly toxic chemotherapy drug (pure active ingredient, fatal in parts per billion amts) into a metal container, filled it w/ dry ice, and sealed it air tight, and left it in a shipping dept w/ a note to be sent out overseas for some reason. Basically he unwittingly built a large pipe bomb filled w/ poisonous biological agents, and he wanted to put in on a plane for a trip over the atlantic. Terrorists would be pissing in their pants to get a hold of something like this.

Fortunately it was found first by someone w/ a f'ing clue before it blew up, and somehow the guy still got his promotion that year. 0_o

[reno911]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Eh, nitro people can't get nitro shipped unless its by expensive hazmat shipping. Thankful its not that.

Looks like they will work around the guidelines easily enough. At my company we have to ship chemicals all over the world, and there are quite a few regs how things get packaged, allowable amts and types of classifications and labelling.

I know of a particular idiot at another company who put a highly toxic chemotherapy drug (pure active ingredient, fatal in parts per billion amts) into a metal container, filled it w/ dry ice, and sealed it air tight, and left it in a shipping dept w/ a note to be sent out overseas for some reason. Basically he unwittingly built a large pipe bomb filled w/ poisonous biological agents, and he wanted to put in on a plane for a trip over the atlantic. Terrorists would be pissing in their pants to get a hold of something like this.

Fortunately it was found first by someone w/ a f'ing clue before it blew up, and somehow the guy still got his promotion that year. 0_o

Priceless!

I am not too concerned over all of this. They will find a way to keep their customers. They must make a boat load of profit from outside sells. Cutting that off is like kicking a man in the balls. They WILL find a way.