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Gustav · 03.14.2007, 03:24 PM

looks good!

couple of things,you'll want provision for a steering servo in the front upper plate probably.And i'd want to extend the lower plate forward so you've got cell slots all the way to just behind the steering posts,even if you only planned to use 6 cells per side it'd be worth having the ability to shift weight forward/backward,apart from that you might get power hungry.

The only problem with using a chassis as a heatsink for escs is that you've then got no shock protection between the chassis and the esc(ie not good).On one of my trucks i have the esc mounted to a metal plate which acts as a heatsink which is then attached to the chassis via little posts that have rubber bushes between the plate and the posts,that gives some shock protection.the posts themselves can flex a fair bit too.They're actually fuel tank posts with the rubber bushes to stop the fuel foaming.

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Gustav RC-Monster Aluminum Offline Posts: 916 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK	03.14.2007, 03:24 PM looks good! couple of things,you'll want provision for a steering servo in the front upper plate probably.And i'd want to extend the lower plate forward so you've got cell slots all the way to just behind the steering posts,even if you only planned to use 6 cells per side it'd be worth having the ability to shift weight forward/backward,apart from that you might get power hungry. The only problem with using a chassis as a heatsink for escs is that you've then got no shock protection between the chassis and the esc(ie not good).On one of my trucks i have the esc mounted to a metal plate which acts as a heatsink which is then attached to the chassis via little posts that have rubber bushes between the plate and the posts,that gives some shock protection.the posts themselves can flex a fair bit too.They're actually fuel tank posts with the rubber bushes to stop the fuel foaming.