revo battery questions
 

will this battery tray work ok? these peices are pretty hack but i made this setup in like 2 hours any help would be greatAttachment 2163

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yeh, that will work, thats how mine is set up. if you dont want it to wheelie put the batteries stacked on the front end of it.

Looks good, but if i were to do a one side battery compartment, id stack the batteries.

when you dampen the suspension, nothing gets in the way? if so your doing good, next is what holds the batterys down? just a bump or jump or steering the truck wil make the battery jump inside your body.

everything seems ok, just make something to hold the batts down.

duct tape holds all.!!

LOL!

Zip-ties do wonders.. ;)

lol hahahaha i like it:p

what..?

Zip ties or duct tape? LOL

lol both.....

thanks for the help, i just put it together, hope to test soon , ill let you know, if i stack the batterys it wont be as evenly weighted? but well see in a couple weeks

no rub issues, its an extended chassis, hope the motor will weight the other side... heavy on batt side

well what motor you using ? my feiago 8xl weights more then 1 pack , so i stack both packs toawards the rear so it evens more, thats prolly why it flips ! :P

then if you use the motor on one side then it would be a good idea to put everthing else on the other, (motor, esc, servo, reciver, ect....)

what i do to evenly balence it is to....simple put three or four fingers where i think the middle of the chassis is and pick it up, what ever tilts to a side isn't well distrubuted.

Well, if you centered the battery on the side and stacked the other on top it wouldnt be a problem.

it depends....

yeh, thats what i did for my test run. know i actully need to make a batt pack holder.

Ive learned 1 important thing about rc, take your time with projects and do it right the first time. Less pain in the end by possibly ruining something, its also a bit more work , too.

i was thinking of running a hv maxx 4.5, should provide plenty of power but a little less run time, i think its 750 watts

ive been watching some of the other conversions and ill have to exp. with placement once i decide on a motor and esc

I have similar battery setup as yours and recommend putting some kind of angle pieces on the ends to keep the batteries from shift front-to-back. Even with straps, the batteries will shift enough to possibly interfere with the suspension arms.

Also, it looks like you are using round-head screws for the battery tray. If the metal isn't thick enough to use countersunk screws, I'd use fairly thick padding to keep those screw heads from wearing through the battery insulation and shorting them out.

i bet that for some, doing a conversion wouldnt be done as well as we would expected..

yea dom if you still had a chance to do a revo conversion i bet it would be sweet!:027:

yeah the battery tray will be padded and battery secured with some sort of strap or zip tie to see what works and what costs more money

what do you think of the novak 4.5, i dont want to spend to much in case it doesnt work out

if you do want the novak get the HV one. it would be good because it can handle higher voltages...and would have more power.

thanks it would be the hvmaxx 4.5 system, the speed and accelaration should compare to my rb323 nitro but its is constant