I grabbed the specs off of the allerc website and they are a direct distributor for Hyperion. Their spec sheet said 21.3mm height for the 1600 vx 3s. Those specs are pulled directly from the hyperion site. I Googled the lipos and found other places that carried it and a bunch of them showed 25mm. Ouch! I called Allerc and spoke with Mike over there. he was kind enough to grab a caliper and measure the pack for me. Bad news, not 21.3mm. Good news they're not 25mm either. He measured about 23.7mm. Basically it's taller by 3.5mm or so. The battery compartment is plastic so I'm not worried about it. If it doesnt fit I was told I can return it. I'm definitely not going 2s nor do I want to drop to a CX as the Nue 1112 can pull up to 100a on spikes.
Ok got some goodies in the mail today:
1st thing, batteries. Got a pair of Hyperion G3 VX 1600mah 3s 35c lipos. Now I got these because I thought it would be a perfect fit as Hyperion states them as 21.3mm height. Wrong. They are actually 23.5mm. A lot of other sites have them for 25mm. Truth is they're 23.5mm for those looking into these. I've heard nothing but good about the G3's so I decided to give them a try.
Yes they did manage to fit. They are in there pretty snug though. Remember people, the trays are plastic so they will give a few mm of play. The battery does not have to be exactly 20.3mm or whatever it is. Closing the lid is another thing. I can close the lid and it latches on tight. As you can see in the pics the wires are a problem so it looks like I'm hacking the battery tray to make some room for the wires to come out. No biggie.
As you can see the Neu 1112 is 4mm longer. Not a problem. All you need is to file 2mm off the shock tower and you're good. You will also need to shorten the shaft as the Neu shaft is pretty long. Again no problem. The screws on the Neu are 2.5mm so I had to make a quick run to my LHS for those. But so far so good. Everything looks promising. I'll work on what I can tonight and put more pics up when I'm done.