BPP truggy - battery tray

[Jasper]

Heeey people!

Does any one know where I can get the battery trays, wich are are used on the bomb proof product truggy?

Thanks!

[squeeforever]

Hey Jasper, haven't seen you around lately...I PM'd Bomb-Proof about a replacement for mine, but haven't got a responce. Its been quite a while to...E-Mail them using the e-mail address on there website. If you don't know there website, its http://www.bomb-proofproducts.com/home

[Jasper]

Hey squee! Yes, I've been inactive for a while. I had other things to do: school, party and mountainbiking :)

I have allready send an email to Jeremy from BPP a few months ago. He offered me the whole BPP truck, instead of only the battery trays. So I need an adress for an similair battery tray.

[Serum]

What are you planning it using it for Jasper?

Perhaps a Kyosho tray offers help?

I've been biking too lately, about 700-800 km a month.

Kyosho Battery Tray? Got a PN?

[Romster]

I am insterested in buying a bpp chassis off Bomb Proof the lsp conversion.
Any thing else do I need besides the hotbodies Lsp parts. I do have the Bl system and batteries. Should I order extra battery trays?
Which do you suggest graphite or alluminum conversion.

[squeeforever]

I would go with the carbon fiber. I have a CF one and love it! No chassis flex what so ever. Be prepared for the cost though...A new LSP-R and the chassis is close to $1000.

[Jasper]

I need the battery trays for my new J-revo design.

The design is based on the stock chassis. The bendings are similair to the stock chassis. I will use an OFNA center diff. The diff is mounted close to the rear. So there is enough space to mount the motor in the middle of the chassis. The servo mounts are designed similair to the stock chassis. The battery trays will be hanging, behind the servo mounts, at boths sides, under the chassis.

The Kyosho trays can take 7 cells max. I want 8 cells. So I am still searching!

[squeeforever]

Why not design something and have it machined in plastic? Thats what the BPP ones are.

Squee - Do you know of a place who does that? I'm on the hunt for some new battery trays myself...

[Jasper]

@ Squee,

Designing my own battery trays seems to be indeed, the best option. I am working on it.

Thanks :027:

[squeeforever]

No problem.

David, I have talked to Mike. He can do that for ya. He actually machines all his parts in plastic first, as not to waste aluminum if it doesn't fit...

Awesome...should I call/email him or is it something he is going to be listing on the site?

Thanks!

DM

[squeeforever]

Just call him and see what he can do. I'm sure he will be able to design it for you if you give him the dimensions or you can design it in E-Machines Shop.

Making a battery tray isn't hard, if you have some basic power tools. One easy way to do it is to order some architectural channel from onlinemetals. I used the architectural channel because it has a nice neat 90 degree angle on the inside. I then split it in half so that I could widen it on the inside to accommodate the width of my packs. I then took a 1/8" thick X 2" wide piece of aluminum bar (from Home Depot) and put it into a vice and put a 90 degree bend in one end of it. I then mounts the two halves of the channel to the bar and used JB Weld to fill in the gap between the halves of channel. I used aluminum round bar to make stand offs and voila. You could also use something like nylon or delrin round bar to make the standoffs. It's easier to work and threads very well. It took me a couple of hours to do, but it came out nice and holds up to crashes very well.

If you prefer, you could use carbon fiber angle from graphite elegance instead of the aluminum channel. I did this on my truggy to keep weight down.